Today we’re talking about one of my top three favourite novellas of all time: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. For the record, my other favourite novellas are Heart of Darkness and The Old Man and the Sea, both of which we’ll deal with in a future episode of the […]
The Khalil Gibran Podcast
Today’s show is about the life lessons you can take away from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet. We’re talking about all the big key pieces that comprise the human condition: work, love, crime and punishment, justice, freedom, friendship, passion, pain, self-knowledge, beauty, death, and so much more. Get the book: The Prophet Read the book review: The […]
The Rilke Podcast
Today we’re talking about Rilke. Not the great man’s work of poetry, but his advice to writers in a series of life-changing letters. Get the book: Letters to a Young Poet Read the article: Life Lessons from Rainer Maria Rilke The podcast includes talk of how to find your calling, solitude, loneliness, depression, art, love, […]
The Aristotle Podcast
After Shakespeare, Aristotle is my favourite writer and thinker. So in this episode of Hardcore Literature, one of many covering Aristotle, we delve deep into The Nicomachean Ethics. The result? A conversation about virtues, vices, habits, happiness, and meaning laced with rants about the current generation abound in this 30-minute primer to the greatest philosopher who […]
The Rumi Podcast
Rumi is one of my favourite poets of all time. So, having read through the wonderful Rumi: Selected Poems, I couldn’t help but turn the microphone on and let it all gush out. The result? Rants on victimisation culture, religious fundamentalists, the negative attitude of men towards women, low-consciousness humans, and liars. There’s also beauty! We […]
April 2020 TBR – What Books I’m Reading This Month
So it’s Quarantine Day. Again. And I’m not getting as much reading done as I would like. Despite reading for hours each day. I’ll block off two hours in the evening, usually after a run, and sit on my balcony with a stack of books and a notebook and pen. It’s the notebook and pen […]
How Robert Browning Writes A Poem (Video)
‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning! One of my all-time favourite poems. I love Browning’s poetry so much, I decided to put out a 38-minute video analysis. ‘My Last Duchess’ Analysis – How Robert Browning Writes A Poem ‘My Last Duchess’ At A Glance: Heroic Verse – iambic feet (five stress lines), couplets (aabbccdd), rhyming. […]
What I Learnt from Talking to Satan and his Devils (C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters Review)
The Screwtape Letters (1942) by C.S. Lewis is a series of letters written from an older devil to a younger apprentice devil giving him advice in how best to obtain his human’s soul. Christian or not, The Screwtape Letters is one of the best self-help books ever written (along with Aristotle’s Ethics and Frankl’s Man’s […]
February-March TBR: What Books I’m Reading This Month
Reading a book a week is a significant commitment when you pick big difficult books. That pacing requires reading 67 pages a day to finish The Grapes of Wrath, 47 pages a day to finish Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and 60 pages a day to finish The Age of Alexander. When you read properly, taking notes, […]
How To Make 2020 Your Best Reading Year Yet
The new year is truly underway. I’ve held off publishing anything “habits” or “resolutions” articles to avoid the kind of people who set big goals purely for short-term dopamine hits. The New Year’s resolution setters have all abandoned their gym and library memberships by now, so let’s talk about how you can have your best […]
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