Homer’s Odyssey is a quest, following King Odysseus’s ten-year journey back home to Ithaca after the Trojan war. It is a tale ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “I hate and detest that animal called man,” wrote Jonathan Swift to his dear friend Alexander Pope in 1725, ...
Olga Taranova from Marsh's Library celebrates the 300th anniversay of Jonathan Swift's literary masterwork Gulliver's Travels, the subject of a new exhibition at Dublin's oldest public library. Dozens ...
Behind the tiny people of Lilliput and the giants of Brobdingnag lies a sharp satire of human nature. Three centuries on, Gulliver's Travels still has plenty to say about the world we live in today.
It was this time 300 years ago that Jonathan Swift left Dublin for London, to find a publisher for the masterpiece we now know as Gulliver’s Travels. The book’s title would actually be Travels into ...
How do you do satire in an age of absurdity? Matthew Sweet and guests including comedians, artists and sketch writers explore what satire is and how it has changed over time. Show more 300 years after ...
300 years after the publication of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, Matthew Sweet looks at satire, past and present. How can satirists reflect critically and humorously on political events in an ...
NBC’s 1997 event movie, featuring work from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and a cast packed with heavyweights, scored 11 nominations and five wins, including best miniseries. By Ryan Gajewski Senior ...
Gulliver’s Restaurant, a well-known place in Irvine famous for its prime rib and English tavern-style setting, will close for good at the end of June, according to the Orange County Register, which ...
Gulliver’s, the Irvine restaurant known for prime rib, continental fare, English Inn atmosphere and decades of business and special-occasion dinners, will close its doors for good on June 30, ending a ...
A beloved Orange County steakhouse known for prime rib, old-school charm and generations of family celebrations is closing its doors after more than five decades. Gulliver’s Restaurant in Irvine will ...