Book Review: The Magician.
[The following contains spoilers.] There is a lot of bad blood to W. Somerset Maugham’s The Magician (1908). If this …
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Book Review: When the Edelweiss Flowers Flourish.
[The following contains spoilers.] Tychy has been given a gift: a new English translation of Begenas Sartov’s 1978 novel When …
Tourist Review (16): Dirleton Castle.
With the arrival of spring, it has occurred to me once again that there are miles of unexplored countryside behind …
Readings of Ringstones: Calmahain.
[Tychy has previously written about “A Christmas Story,” “Capra” and “The Khan.” Ed.] Sarban’s Ringstones and Other Curious Tales (1951) …
Museum Review: Vikings, The Untold Story.
The Vikings were, as everybody knows, deranged rampaging barbarians. They would sweep down on to unsuspecting monasteries, brandishing their battleaxes, …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (19).
[SCENE: The Salisbury Arms.] James [at entrance]: Ah Biggy, there you are! Tychy: Quick! I’ve got a table over here… …
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’s Independence Referendum.
The Westminster and Holyrood governments have together agreed to hold a legally-binding referendum on Scottish independence before the end of …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Montmorency.
The final weekend of the Fringe presents tough decisions. Tychy opted to spend Sunday night watching FreeRange Productions’ “Montmorency” rather …
Tychy@ the Fringe: Jack, a Ripper’s Tale.
Back to Paradise in the Vault this evening to see Different Device Theatre’s “Jack, A Ripper’s Tale.” With its chilly …
Arts Review: Catherine the Great, An Enlightened Empress.
In 1726, Jonathan Swift’s satire Gulliver’s Travels offered the world the perfect illustration of Enlightened despotism: a flying island, propelled …
Tourist Review Special: Auschwitz-Birkenau
We’re on the road to Auschwitz-Birkenau. We leave behind Krakow, the most wonderful of cornucopias, with more treasures than the …
Book Review: Bring Up The Bodies.
The historical novel has remained a doubtful enterprise since Sir Walter Scott’s day. The reader of historical romances will be …
Museum Review: Interview with Ankhhor.
This morning I went to the opening of the new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland – “Fascinating Mummies” …
Book Review: Jack London’s The Iron Heel.
In Jack London‘s “dystopian” novel, The Iron Heel (1908), revolutionary communism is put to the test and it fails resoundingly. …
The Road to Hill House (3/3): All the House’s a Stage.
[Previously on Tychy: (1/3) "The Anguish of Influences" and (2/3) "The House of Mirth." Ed.] The reader of Shirley Jackson‘s …
