In April, Lindsey Hilsum reported from Greenland; Harry Cochrane descended to the underworld; Andrew George returned to epic poetry; Jenny Uglow immersed in William Blake’s art and writings; Aaron Peck called for a new avant-garde. Here are some highlights from the month:
Our place in space: Exoplanets in science and science fiction
Raging bull: Rejecting the narrative of Picasso the monster to women
Rebirth of the modern: The future of art and artists in the era of artificial intelligence
Mission impossible: Can English translations ever measure up to Dante’s epic poem?
Bombs away with LeMay: Why were atomic weapons dropped on Japan?
Handed down from on high: A Loeb-style translation of a Babylonian epicWhere to?: The future of Greenland
The playhouse is the thing: Shakespeare’s apprenticeship as actor and dramatist at the Theatre
Words never failed him: The other musical Gershwin, lyricist Ira
Visions and Leviathans: How William Blake’s art and imagination have inspired generations
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