Two Miles High

A Tale of Two Women
The Age of Consent
Alice's Mirrors
Angel Incarnate
Beauty & the Beast
Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
From Russia with Love
Homer's Women
The House of Incest
How to Look at a Naked Lady
Immortal Beloved
The Judgment of Paris
Kama Sutra
Letters from Africa
Life as Opera
Loki's Children
Oz is China
Poison Pen Letters
Precious Bodily Fluids
Sacred Prostitute
Spinster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Splendour in the Grass
The Town Square
The Whore's Revenge
The Woman in the Bower
Vampires in Venice
Voices and Saints
Women in Trousers
About the Author

Kama Sutra

Hermann Hesse in photos

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023 • 1 min read

Statue of Hermann Hesse in Calw, Germany, where he was born. Photo: Michael Ney

Hermann Hesse lived in Gaienhofen on Lake Constance, from 1904 to 1912.

Casa Camuzzi in Montagnola, Switzerland, where Hesse moved to in 1919.

Hermann-Hesse

Hesse in 1946

The best 'Odyssey' movie is not Christopher Nolan's

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has come and gone and, in keeping with our troubled times, it was successful in part because it banished sex and romance from Homer's story. Why is no one interested in sex or romance anymore? An article in The Atlantic asked recently:

Sep 19, 2026 5 min read

The maze: is it better to get lost or get out?

The best labyrinth in the world - in my opinion - has to be a messy overgrown subtropical rain forest garden where the goal is to get lost among the mysterious paths and dead ends, and not find the exit. It's even better if it has ruins and surrealistic sculptures

Sep 12, 2026 4 min read

Book review: "i eat the stars: how to live fully and beautifully in a collapsing world"

There is a new-ish genre called "collapse literature" and the best of the bunch is this book by Australian writer and journalist Sarah Wilson. I bought it because reviews suggested that she had arrived at the same point I had. The main arguments she makes are: 1.

Sep 5, 2026 3 min read

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A Tale of Two Women
The Age of Consent
Alice's Mirrors
Angel Incarnate
Beauty & the Beast
Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
From Russia with Love
Homer's Women
The House of Incest
How to Look at a Naked Lady
Immortal Beloved
The Judgment of Paris
Kama Sutra
Letters from Africa
Life as Opera
Loki's Children
Oz is China
Poison Pen Letters
Precious Bodily Fluids
Sacred Prostitute
Spinster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Splendour in the Grass
The Town Square
Vampires in Venice
Voices and Saints
The Whore's Revenge
The Woman in the Bower
Women in Trousers
About the Author

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