Brevity Is the Soul of Wit
There is an old and thoroughly disreputable way of learning a language, and I recommend…
Latests Posts
-
-
He That Would Eat the Bread Must Crack the Lion
I came across a Turkish proverb in my textbook today, mentioned it to somebody, and…
-
A Spoonful Closer to Home
Today Türkiye marks the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. They do rather like…
-
Gilgameş: An Exhumation in Three Acts
Last night I attended the world premiere of Ahmet Adnan Saygun‘s opera Gilgameş (1964–83), given…
-
Habemus vinum!
I bought this bottle a week and a half ago at a vineyard bearing the…
-
Thirteen Stone Warriors
A room of its own in the Van Museum holds a baker’s dozen of stone…
