As a Classics student and keen fanatic of mythology, you can imagine my anticipation upon hearing that the BBC was producing a historical-drama series. Their interpretation of Homer’s ‘Iliad’, Troy: Fall of a City, is far from a Greek tragedy. The series opens by portraying the prelude to the legendary Trojan War. A Trojan prince, Paris […]
If asked to provide a single word to summarise the BBC 4 Swedish crime-drama series, Modus, ‘vexatious’ immediately comes to mind. Modus’ second series concerns the disappearance of U.S. President Helen Tyler (Kim Cattrall) during her first state visit to Sweden. Though residing in an ‘unknown’ location, the President still manages to slip away in […]
Niccolò Ammaniti’s Anna is a calamitous yet hopeful tale of survival, loss and companionship. The novel is set in the near future, where a virus, known only as “Red Fever,” has killed the entire adult population. Children, immune from the disease until puberty, prevail as the rulers of civilisation. With the epidemic having spread across Europe […]