The long way home

A poet for yesterday and today

Artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins, faced with the colossal challenge of illustrating both The Iliad and The Odyssey , eschewed grandstand views of monumental battles, looking instead for what he calls the little cracks in the paving stones

Penny stepped out of the coach onto the harbourfront at the little port of Sami. The water gleamed in the morning sunshine and wisps of sea mist shrouded the distant island of Ithaca. Edward emerged.

ADMISSIONS SHADOW WORK Loneliness and the literary ...

Nestled in the sapphire Ionian Sea, Ithaca is my favourite island in the southern Ionian. Without an international airport, it remains untouched by mass tourism, preserving an authentic atmosphere. Wo

Let It Come Down Paul Bowles (Penguin ...