This is the fourth year that my husband, Bill Duggan, and I have been coming to Classical Pursuits. We wouldn’t miss coming back to enjoy the people we meet, and the opportunity to share in discussion of the books we have read. Ann always comes up with interesting, and sometimes […]
As a classical pursuits newbie I signed up for everything I could before I started. Stratford was a great introduction. I knew I’d get great theatre, and I did. It was a great balance between three performances, special events, and some free time to explore the town. The highlight was […]
Arrived on a beautiful sunny morning in Toronto for a stimulating discussion of Henri James’ Portrait of a Lady. Our group was small, but mighty with the help of our illustrious leader Nancy Carr. We delved into the question of the character of our protagonist. It is so exciting to […]
“For a man that goes on a pilgrimage does best of all if he starts out with the heart of a wanderer, eager for the world as it is, forgetful of maps or descriptions, but hungry for real colours and men and the seeming of things.” -Hilaire Belloc As it […]
We read. We saw. We heard. We tasted. Reading Chicago. READ While our some of Chicago’s most imaginative literary witnesses revealed its cultural contrasts, I was even more struck by a distinctive composite portrait of an astonishing city, characterized by muscular momentum, unpretentious pride and, sometimes, seamy realness. “City of […]
Trip the light fantastic Meaning To dance, especially in an imaginative or ‘fantastic’ manner. Origin This apparently obscure expression originates from the works of John Milton. In the masque Comus, 1637, he used the lines: Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. By ‘trip’, […]
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Ann has asked me to write a bit about why I will be taking part in La Belle Epoque trip to Paris this September, given that I have been to Paris more times than I can count and that I took part in an earlier Classical Pursuits trip there in […]
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There are many, many books that seek to communicate the complex philosophical ideas of great thinkers by presenting them in language that the authors feel is easier to understand than the original works. Some of these books are very successful in doing so – the original works are sometimes written […]