This era in politics is crying out for a great chronicler in the mould of the American writer
Scepticism has dogged stories of exploration from Ancient Greece
through to Apollo XI
Ideologies are set against profound beliefs as a priest sits at the centre of a storm in a village during the civil war in Greece
Play reveals the intimate effects of military-industrial profiteering
A poem and a novel have resonance for the empires and the events of today
Themes in Herman Melville’s classic novel ‘Moby-Dick’ give us insight into today’s wars
‘The Iliad’, which was composed thousands of years ago, still offers us insight into the way people behave — which is why the classics matter
Thomas Mofolo’s 1907 ‘masterpiece’ novel offers the reader a journey of body and soul
One should reread Bessie Head’s book to fully appreciate it in all its magnificence
The author, reporter, editor and chronicler was both a man of his time and ahead of it