Author Archives: jananson

Mary Magdalene, the Movie

Posted on April 10, 2018

Mary Magdalene has always seemed special. It’s difficult to fit together the different resurrection appearances of Jesus into a coherent narrative, but one thing is clear in the Easter story as I received it: Mary Magdalene is the first person … Continue reading →

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Daniel Odier’s Tantric Quest

Posted on February 11, 2018

Daniel Odier is a novelist and his spiritual memoir Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love has something of the feel of a novel. I found it much more readable than some other books in this genre, such as those … Continue reading →

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Raylene Ramsay’s The Literatures of the French Pacific

Posted on January 30, 2018

Raylene Ramsay’s monograph The Literatures of the French Pacific: Reconfiguring Hybridity has a misleading title. The book deals not with the French Pacific as a whole, but specifically with the French-speaking country of New Caledonia. I can only think this … Continue reading →

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Ian Fleming’s The Spy Who Loved Me

Posted on January 17, 2018

The Spy Who Loved Me was the only one of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels that I didn’t reread the second time round, in my early thirties. The reason I didn’t was probably the same reason the critics had panned … Continue reading →

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On two wheels in New Caledonia

Posted on December 12, 2017

Originally posted on New Caledonia Today:
by Guest Author, Anthony Nanson The first time I came back from New Caledonia, in 2007, I showed my friend Peter a map of the country and he said, ‘It looks like it could…

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Hugh Lupton’s The Ballad of John Clare

Posted on September 9, 2017

Among the leading figures of the British storytelling revival, Hugh Lupton is one very worthy of ecocritical attention. Shows such as On Common Ground (performed with Chris Wood) and The Liberty Tree (performed with Nick Hennessey) passionately engage with the … Continue reading →

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Creatures the World Forgot – and Maybe for a Reason?

Posted on August 26, 2017

I’m conscious this blog tends to wander off a bit from its declared focus on the exotic and the prehistoric. So let’s get back to basics – and a look at another prehistoric movie classic. I never saw this film … Continue reading →

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