Seth Gardner’s life is a multilayered performance that appears to bridge the ages with many costume changes – he’s a latter day Oedipus masquerading as a bacchanalian poet while directing this modern day Greek tragedy with the scruples of a neurotic Sigmund Freud Superficially he’s an amateur inpressario who brings together a diverse artistic group, … Continue reading “Untouchable Things by Tara Guha”
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National book reviews
The New Elizabethans – Sixty Portraits of Our Age by James Naughtie
Is it possible for an author to define the Queen’s reign through the subjective selection of significant contributions made by an eclectic mix of individuals? Possibly you may say, but by constraining the list to 60 portraits of notable figures, it’s unlikely there would ever be a general concensus. James Naughtie has attempted to lend … Continue reading “The New Elizabethans – Sixty Portraits of Our Age by James Naughtie”