Seamus Heaney: ten years after his death, the generosity and warmth of his rich poetic voice endures: The English war poet Wilfred Owen once wrote, “Celebrity is the last infirmity I desire.” Killed in France at the age of 25, unpublished and unknown, “celebrity” for Owen was a posthumous phenomenon. By contrast, celebrity status for …
The Winter’s Tale review: jarring Shakespeare’s Globe production lacks warmth: The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s great “hospitality plays” – a tragicomedy about what goes wrong when a guest outstays their welcome. Leontes, king of Sicilia, suspects his friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia, of adultery and catastrophe ensues. In keeping with the 16th-century …
South Africa in the news: Miss Uniworld South Africa finalist delivers warmth to local SPCA: The beautiful and intelligent Kylie Jane Naidoo was recently selected as one of the finalists in the glamorous Glow TV Miss Uniworld South Africa 2020 pageant. When asked about why she joined the …: “South Africa” – BingNews SA government, …