For Brutus Is an Honorable Man (Repeat 3 Times) Last week we looked at the response of Mark Antony to Caesar’s assassination, and how his
Last week, I discussed how Shakespeare used the Ides of March assassination of Julius Caesar to explore human complexity—moving through skepticism and beyond cynicism to
In recognition of the Ides of March, March 15, the death date of Julius Caesar, I’m doing a short series about that fateful day, as
Like so many perfectly nice law-abiding people, I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts. I’ve learned about a newish tool in the toolkit
Those Cocky Cockneys and Their Rhymes As a fan of British mysteries, I’ve several times come across the term “brown bread.” Twice this was used
So Is Hamnet Manipulative, or Meaningful… or Both? I’m afraid I’ll be ending up with more questions than answers here! But let’s use that film
Last week in the post about the film “Hamnet,” I mentioned the “debate” between Plato and Aristotle about the ability of drama and story to
“Hamnet,” Chloé Zhao’s 2025 film, dramatizes the emotional conflict that led to Shakespeare writing Hamlet. It’s fictionalized, of course—we know very little about the historical
Part 2 (Part 1 here) A servant must not be chosen by the author as the culprit. (WHAT ABOUT “THE BUTLER DID IT”? I THINK
Know the Rules: If Only to Break Them I’m working on a mystery novel, part of my Regency CSI series, and so I’ve been looking
What sort of books do you own? From Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller: a list that all readers will understand—of books that
The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered One of my books got “remaindered,” so I got to buy hundreds of copies very cheap. (Remaindering
Multiplicity There’s a splinter of ice in the heart of every writer. Graham Greene — Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself!
