Where is today’s Steinbeck?
This era in politics is crying out for a great chronicler in the mould of the American writer
Testaments well travelled
Scepticism has dogged stories of exploration from Ancient Greece
through to Apollo XI
A microcosm of life and death
Ideologies are set against profound beliefs as a priest sits at the centre of a storm in a village during the civil war in Greece
Conflict over warbucks lucre
Play reveals the intimate effects of military-industrial profiteering
Reflections on the Barbarians
A poem and a novel have resonance for the empires and the events of today
A mirror to a modern conflict
Themes in Herman Melville’s classic novel ‘Moby-Dick’ give us insight into today’s wars
Lessons from the ancient past
‘The Iliad’, which was composed thousands of years ago, still offers us insight into the way people behave — which is why the classics matter
Thomas Mofolo: A pioneer in African literature
Thomas Mofolo’s 1907 ‘masterpiece’ novel offers the reader a journey of body and soul
‘Maru’ is more than a classic
One should reread Bessie Head’s book to fully appreciate it in all its magnificence
Sol Plaatje and the back of the native mind
The author, reporter, editor and chronicler was both a man of his time and ahead of it
