Sailor, singer, atheist, philosopher, aficionado of ribald limericks: Daniel Dennett contained multitudes. But why was his work important?... more »
By the time Handel presented Messiah, he was being ridiculed as a fat, stale has-been. Only one of those things was true... more »
DH Lawrence vs. Orwell. “Dreaming up laws of the cosmos from under your scrotum is one thing; cheating on your wife is another”... more »