Endless fun

In the late 1700s, machinists started making music boxes: intricate little mechanisms that could play harmonies and melodies by themselves. Some incorporated bells, drums,…

Sex With Robots

Robots as companions and sex partners, have been the subject of much research and debate. The sex robot that knows your name, your likes…

Drunk With Love

“Drunk With Love”, by Rana Farhan, magnificently mesmerizes with style, and an abundant beauty. Based on a poem by Rumi, the words of an…

Persian Tattoos

Tattooing among Persians, especially among gypsies and nomads, goes back as far as the 19th century. In Iran, it was common for upper class…

The Rise of the Single Dad

Caroline Kitchener in The Atlantic Today, more men than ever are making the same choice. A Pew Research study published this statistic this summer:…

Writers Into Saints

Tim Parks in The New York review of the Books Over the last ten years or so I have read literary biographies of Dickens,…

The Master and Margarita

 Naturally, much of Bulgakov’s frustration with the socio-political systems of his day bleeds through the story, an exploration of human nature in a sometimes…