Enlightened Age

The other night I was at church to sing in the choir for the Orthodox Palm Sunday evening service, the Bridegroom service, as it is called. ...

When Orthodox Easter rolls around, this year May 5th, we get to see some of the lovely Eastern European religious traditions in all their sp...

It seems everywhere you go these days, you encounter "blue" people, or rather, tattooed people. I mean, it's not that they spo...

Today marks the composing of the famous                       La Marseillaise, the battle-hymn of the French republic. It was composed in 17...

I've been watching Ripper Street lately, a crime drama set in the Whitechapel area of east London, set post Jack-the-Ripper days, around...

Today is Tax Day; You can just about hear the groan across the nation as this is said. It's the 15th, the ides of April, as it were. Be...

I’m into my James Bond phase right now. Though I saw Skyfall in the theatre, I was given a DVD for my birthday, so seeing it again, I a...