I asked myself, what do I know about monks? Well, I have read the Shardlake books, so I know towards the end of their reign some were fat and rich and had mistresses,… Continue reading
Dante, bless him, has been through a lot. His life was in the crapper so Beatrice sorted it for him to go on an educational field trip through hell and purgatory, where he… Continue reading
So Dante climbed to the top of Mount Purgatory, had a nap, went up some steps, and is now in the garden of Eden. Yeah, what? I know, right, that makes no sense.… Continue reading
The level of Lust is a health and safety nightmare. A sheet of fire has appeared along the path, which Statius, Virgil and Dante have to squeeze past, and Virgil tells Dante not… Continue reading
Dante, Virgil, and the tagging-along fanboy that is Statius have reached the sixth terrace of mouth Purgatory, where the gluttonous hang out. There is a very tempting smell of fruit, coming from trees… Continue reading
I think, incredibly. Like Vin Diesel, Chuck Norris and Mads Mikkelsen all rolled into one. How difficult would it be to be able to read Beowulf? Like giving birth to a fridge freezer… Continue reading
We join Dante and Virgil on their climb up Mount Purgatory, as they are reaching the level of avarice and prodigality, as like in hell, sinners who sin in an opposite way have… Continue reading
To recap, Dante is climbing mount Purgatory, of the Wedding Cake of Contrition, as I’m calling it. He has travelled through the first two ante-Purgatory levels, the front garden and porch of Purgatory,… Continue reading
It’s actually really hard to tell, as I qualify for quite a few. Firstly, hell has a vestibule, and no, while that does sound like a handy place for sinners to leave their… Continue reading
At the beginning of Dante’s ‘Inferno’, Dante finds himself in a bleak wood, where he feels lost, alone, and he meets some quite frankly unhelpful animals. And we all know, animals in the… Continue reading
