Cats have long been a settled presence in human culture. They turn up in the lines of poets, in the reflections of philosophers, in the offhand jokes of writers who could never have imagined that…
We had the pleasure of speaking with Jodie Stewart — Australian historian, lecturer at the University of Wollongong, and author of The Cats of Australia, published by HarperCollins.
James Joyce’s Ulysses has a reputation for being a monumental and, at times, intimidating work. Yet, hidden within its dense pages are moments of profound simplicity. One of these can be found in the opening…