The Gymnasium
The gymnasium (from gymnós meaning naked) is not meant to be a past-time club for hobbyist fitness. It is an essential institution in the public life of a healthy society. It is essential to everyone, and in classical times It was a place for socializing and intellectual pursuits as well as for training. When Alexander…
RIP Brigitte
Brigitte Bardot’s eventful life spanned a long and interesting period of European history, if in the end something of a sad one. She was raised in traditional Catholic household with strict ad conservative parents, and went on to become a self-made international sex symbol. Indeed a strong contender for the most memorable and influential international…
Film Review: Calligula (1979)
Recently I re-watched the infamous penthouse film Calligula, which I had not seen since I was a teen. And while it is outrageous shite, and even somehow boring, it does have a certain inexplicable charm, with certainly a number memorable moments. Moments that linger in that special way that only unrestrained 70s cinema tends to.…
Christmas: Saturn and Solstice
By Brendan Heard The period of feasting and merrymaking surrounding the winter solstice (Christmas) is an ancestral practice of archaic origins, with durable attributes that are far more ancient than commonly realized. This is despite the fact we still instinctively venerate them, as even atheists cannot resist the practice of Christmas. The strange and mirthful…