Relationships and feelings are untidy, friends and family are those you only think you know, the libidinal is a minefield, mistakes and misinterpretations are made, regrets are buried and then – out of the blue, the unconscious or the cunning of reason – something returns, resurrected, unwanted; the truth can […]
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Fundamentalism y fanaticism
What unites all fundamentalists is an over-riding commitment to a sacred text, through which all of truth must be interpreted. The sacred text cannot be questioned; only obeyed. Nigel Pocock In the past the word ‘fanatick’ (sic) meant an ‘enthusiast’ and it usually seems to have had an […]
Denialism, a type of historical revisionism
Despite seeming unconceivable in the middle of the twentieth century, alongside attempts in Germany to erase any physical sign of this horrible crime grew a tendency to deny the holocaust and the pain suffered by millions of families. Glenda Arcia and Harold Neuber Those in favour of hiding […]
The journey to Cavafy
A victim of homophobia, warmongering and the cancer that pursued him until he succumbed, Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 – 1933) is a famed Greek-language poet whose work was barely read during his own lifetime. Despite which, his greatness would come to be widely recognised. Antonio Paneque Brizuela Ignored […]
An immigrant’s experience: Memory
Nostalgia is one of those words that have slipped away from their moorings, tending now to being used loosely for wistful, dewy-eyed sentimentality whereas its ancient Greek origins suggest a more serious state of mind. Text: Sean Sheehan Photos: Steve Pyke From the Greek nostos (return home) and […]
















