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Eileen Jones’s Cinematic Life

Interviews
Few film critics writing today are as educated, prolific, or funny as Dr. Eileen Jones. A co-host with Dr. Dolores McElroy of the weekly podcast Filmsuck and the author of hundreds of articles about film and TV, notably for the left-wing periodical Jacobin, she is the film critic par excellence of the “age of crap cinema”. One of the most...
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Your Free Forum Trivia Tour

Ancient
Yesterday I decided it’s time I saw some more ancient Roman sights. After all, YOLO. I invited John to come along on the excursion...
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The Other H. Christian Andersen

Featured
Yesterday I decided to visit the Museum of Hendrick Christian Andersen. I have to admit that I didn’t really know anything about him beforehand....
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Ten Things that Will Make You Think Even More About the Roman Empire

Ancient
A TikTok meme has been trending lately where a woman asks some man in her life, “How often do you think about the Roman...
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Tropea: Three Months in Onion Town

Italy
Exactly a year ago, John and I were getting ready to leave Tropea, a small and almost impossibly picturesque coastal town in Calabria. In...
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A Roman Rainbow

Ancient
We’re in Rome, mainly for dentistry, but there is no shortage of less painful things to do in the Eternal City. It's always exciting...
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Essence of Trieste

History
John and I spent three months in Trieste last year, with the goal of finally becoming reasonably proficient in Italian. The teachers at Piccola...
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Zlatibor: The View from Golden Hill

Modern
There’s something I find really appealing about the Balkans. If I had to do a Balkan mood board, there would be cute wooden cabins,...
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Otranto’s Marvellous Medieval Mosaic

History
We recently spent a few weeks in Otranto, the easternmost city of Italy’s mainland whose geographical situation—close to the Balkan peninsula—has shaped much of...
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The City of Two Seas

Ancient
A couple of weeks ago, since we had a rental car for a while, I told John (the only driver between us) I had...
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Carthage in a Day

Africa
While we were in Tunisia, we had to take a trip to the ruins of Carthage. I wanted to see it because of a...
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Tantalizing Tunisia

Africa
In January we visited Tunisia, which was (and remains) something of mystery to me. Despite that, the country has left me with vivid memories:...
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Pots and Peucetians

Ancient
Bari has a wonderful, recently renovated museum devoted to ancient archeological finds on the Salentine peninsula (the heel of Italy’s ‘boot’). While it’s much...
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