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The classical stories of eight weaving women are depicted on their looms’ warp and weft in this thoughtful, dazzlingly illustrated collection
The origins of the Bible are still cloaked in mystery. Spencer Day charts the evolution of arguably the most influential book of all time
If you want to understand Boris Johnson, Greek tragedy is where to look Nothing helps us confront disaster like Greek tragedy, and never have we been more in need of the catharsis Laurence Olivier in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex in 1945 Credit: Bettmann In October 1945, something remarkable happened at the New Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre). Just a month after the end of the war, Londoners made their way across the bomb‑blasted capital to see Laurence Olivier in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. You might have thought it would be the last thing that those who had been through so much traum...
A MUM, grandmother and great-mother enjoyed a small celebration as she marked her 100th birthday. Edith Hall is a resident at Bay Court Care Home in Kinmel Bay. She marked her milestone birthday on Sunday, January 10. Michael Horton, manager of Bay Court, said: "She loved it. The residents were able to join her and be around her, social distancing. "She has been with us since April 2016. "She is a very experienced lady." Mrs Hall was born and bred in Blackpool as Edith Wild. She worked at Marks and Spencer after leaving school then went to work as an usherette at Blackpool tower...
Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die Steven Nadler Socrates says in Plato’s Gorgias that there’s nothing more serious than “the question [of] how we ought to live.” We may aspire to live a good and happy life—but what does such a life consist in? Good in what way? And happy how? We may aspire to live a good and happy life, but does Spinoza’s love of God remain a viable path to it? For a pious Jew or Christian, perhaps, the answer seems simple: a life in line with God’s will as expressed in the Bible. But what about the rest of us who have turned our backs...