This week I opened my Twitter app and was greeted by the following message:
“@liamthatcher does not exist”
Category: Culture
I enjoy music, theatre, reading, film and various aspects of culture. And from time to time I will inflict my thoughts about it upon you too.
Nunc Dimittis
A beautiful, short poem by Denise Levertov
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
A remarkable, complex novel; not so much a who-dunnit but a why-dunnit.
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler
A light, easy, if somewhat-two-dimensional read, with a great twist…
Learning to Live / A Brief History of Thought, by Luc Ferry
A review of Luc Ferry’s engaging history of philosophy.
Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain
A review of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir and insight into the world of the professional kitchen
2014: The Sights, Sounds, Tastes and Hs
A selection of things I enjoyed and am grateful for from 2014.
T.S. Eliot – The Cultivation of Christmas Trees
A festive poem from T.S. Eliot
Composition and Common Grace
James Rhodes writes on the legacy of Beethoven, and I ponder on the theme of Common Grace.
Three Takes on Evil
Three takes on evil from Stephen King, John Gray and Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Liam Thatcher 