Just one of the many amazing quotes from Lewis' book, The Screwtape Letters I recently finished reading The Screwtape Letters, a book by C. S. Lewis comprised of humorous letters written by an experienced demon to his nephew – also a demon. Screwtape, the author of the letters, gives out advice to Wormwood, his nephew, on how to better tempt his "patient", a man recently...
A little bit of history Date: 1602 Located in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Caravaggio’s painting is a vivid portrait of one of the first scenes of Christ’s Passion. It depicts the moment when Judas betrays Jesus by pointing Him out to the Pharisees’ soldiers with a kiss. Saint John (the figure on the left) runs away from the scene in...
Yesterday my little blog turned one! I might be exaggerating, but I think that calls for a celebration. So, as you read, imagine I’m spraying you with champagne, the way those pilots do after they win a Formula 1 race. This could be the imaginary champagne talking, but I want to thank everybody for reading and supporting the blog. Your comments make my...
Shala from Life Between Films hosted a "London in Genres" blogathon, where several people recommended movies that are about or set in London. There's one movie for each genre and the full list has amazing recommendations. Here's mine, about the movie Witness for the Prosecution in the Classics genre: Witness for the Prosecution pays homage to two British institutions: London’s Central Criminal Courts,...
Like so many girls, I decided to read Sense and Sensibility after reading (and loving) Pride and Prejudice. Unfortunately, the first time I read it, Sense and Sensibility felt like a bucket of cold water. Sense and sensibility's sad tones and tricky situations took me by surprise. And don't get me started on the male characters. Willoughby, Edward and Col. Brandon are complex and troubled -...
Assault on Gimry by Franz Roubaud, 1904. (source) Did you know I almost studied History in college? Here’s why I didn't: The other day I was on Wikipedia researching about the Crimean War. The minute the page opened my eyes were drawn to the painting that was illustrating the article. After half an hour, I knew a lot about that painting and nothing about...
