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Io Saturnalia! How to Welcome in the Festive Season like a Roman
Written by Hazel Atkinson. Saturnalia pre-dated today’s Christmas. In Ancient Rome, how was it celebrated? And, why was it necessary?
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Greg Jenner’s Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity
Written by Melissa Kane. Greg Jenner’s most recent book covers the history of celebrity. By juxtaposing historical examples alongside the contemporary, he encourages us to reconsider our own notions of celebrity and its accompanying culture.
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A Case of Confabulation? The Psychology Behind the Reykjavik Confessions
Written by Kat Jivkova. Two disappearances in the 1970s sparked what would become known as the Reykjavik Confessions. The investigation was problematic from the start, with the interrogation methods creating problems of confabulation.
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A Man of Constant Sorrows: Tracing Representations of Odysseus in 21st Century Cinema (Part Two)
Written by Justin Biggi. Having explored two different interpretations of Odysseus in Part One, our focus now shifts to the 2000 film, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, a ‘loosely based on’ re-telling of Homer’s Odyssey, in an attempt to answer the question: are the Homeric epics really that timeless?
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Sacred Caves and the Divine Feminine
Written by Simone Witney. Encounters with nymphs have been documented through inscriptions in the ancient Greek world. However, their existence not only informs us of a form of ancient sacred cult, but also the role of the divine feminine in religious practice.
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Raising the Curtain: Hollywood and American Politics, 1920-60
Written by Jack Bennett. The impact of Hollywood and the film industry today is well known, and felt by all of us, but how did it begin? And what involvement has Hollywood had in American politics?
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A Case for Historical Inaccuracy
Written by Jess Womack. The most recent series of The Crown has sparked uproar for its historical inaccuracies. But should we really be so concerned?
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Hollywood’s Hephaestus: Review of Ray Harryhausen: Titan of Cinema exhibition at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern Two), from Sat 24 Oct 2020 – Sun 5 Sep 2021.
Written by Richard Kendall. Many of us are familiar with the work of Ray Harryhausen, but less familiar with the man behind the work. The exhibition at the National Gallery seeks to redress this by taking you through his life and his craft.
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