“Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people’s.”  – (Hermione – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.) I’m sure it’s not just me who’s noticed the huge amount of phallic imagery in the Harry Potter series. It’s [...]

Set in Roman London, the story’s protagonist is Zuleika, the rebellious only-daughter of immigrants from the Sudan. At a young age, she is married off to a wealthy merchant old enough to be her father, and then left to her own devices in her ‘gilded cage’ when he goes away on business. Life seems hollow [...]

I wanted to wrap this all up by putting together some thoughts and ideas. Personal experiences are peppered throughout the article but some final musings are called for. I never thought in a million years that I would become a review writer. It was a need for some kind of “process” for a small portion [...]

Well, as of yesterday, I.Q. is officially going to be around for the next two years. Yes dear readers, it was that time of year when I had to renew the domain name. I think it should be seen as a token of continuing enthusiasm and optimism that I opted to claim the domain name [...]

After being a member of the technical crew for a performance of this piece of drama, I was intrigued enough by what I saw to buy a copy of the script so that I could peruse the writing in a more leisurely manner. Having only read one of the Sherlock Holmes stories all the way [...]