Today we turn our minds to the origins of Western philosophy and science. Yes, how did they start ? Mainly with a group of about ten...

To: Art Aficionados (apologies: some of the text has a white background: I don't know why) All of the 2,300 paintings in the National...

To: Art Admirers Today we look at the painting the Mona Lisa: its nature, content, background and impact. It is the most famous...

1970s Singer-Songwriters Main point The early to mid-1970s saw a strong trend for singer-songwriters who wrote in a personal style,...

The New Romantics The New Romantics were a movement in the early 1980s, initially in fashion, then moving into music. They were...

Supergroups There was a fad in the late Sixties and early Seventiesfor ‘supergroups’, that is groups made up virtuoso musicians who were...

Disco music Disco is a dance music form based with bouncy, lively rhythms based in guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. It emerged in the...

Skiffle Music Skiffle is a popular US musical form, a combination of folk, jazz and blues, often made with low-cost home-made or...

This is one of the most famous works in Roman literature. It is a very long collection of stories from myth and legend, all involving a...

The Temple of Apollo in Delphi,central Greece was an important part of Greek life. It was a holy place visited by people from all the...

To: Classical Collectors Today we look at several famous quotes from the Greeks and Romans on the principle of moderation. The...

To: Classical Collectors 1 May 2021 Well the sun has been coming out for a few weeks, and this is the First of May, known as...

To: Classical Collectors Today we take some time for an overview of the achievements of the Greeks and Romans. What exactly did they do...

To: Classical Collectors This is the second in our series on paintings with classical content. Today we look at a scene more from...

‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ by Titian c 1521-23 Painting: https://www.titian.org/bacchus-and-ariadne.jsp Description: The pictures shows...

To: Classical Collectors and Art Aficionados This is the start of a series of notes about paintings with classical content. Ancient Greek...

Kate Bush is a unique figure in British pop music, pioneering art-rock in the pop charts, with dance and video performances and a wide...

Bridge Over Troubled Water, the final and most successful album by the ever-popular duo Simon and Garfunkel. Their career ended on the...

Ariston men hudor ‘Water is best’ Water on-one-hand best This line is much-quoted, usually as a light-hearted reference to the benefits...

Roman Rus in urbe ‘The countryside in the city’ countryside in city This is from the Roman poet Martial (c 40 to c 104 AD), known for...