The Kitchen Gods

The idea of a deity who reigns in the kitchen, blessing and protecting the household, is common all the way around the globe. In China, he i...

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Myth-making in a City of Scholars: JRR Tolkien, C S Lewis and all

I still get a small thrill when I walk past number 20 Northmoor Road after dropping my kids off at school. Half a century ago, JRR Tolkien w...

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Ken Russell: Dedicated to Dionysus

Film director  Ken Russell  made big, messy pictures with a lot of sex and music in them. His fluid, emotional, freewheeling camerawork is ...

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