Behind the prestige of 'Heart of Darkness' lies a brutal colonial history. This deep dive explores what makes it both ...

Inside Ralph Fiennes 'inverted Kurtz' ('Apocalypse Now') character and his 250,000 replica bone temple it took six months to ...

Heart of Darkness follows the journey of narrator Charlie Marlow as he recounts his assignment to travel up the Congo River ...

The Hôtel-Dieu de Carpentras in France has just opened a new exhibition on Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725-1802), which will run until 28th September 2025.

The artist’s new film closely follows the plot of Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel, but transposes the story to Portugal in 1975, after that country’s dictatorship fell. By Randy Kennedy ...

Summer is traditionally a slower time for regional theater as companies take a breather between seasons, but plenty of excellent plays and musicals are still on offer (including outdoor theater ), as ...

May 28th 1924 – March 23, 2025 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Carl Casper Conrad, a beloved physician, artist, poet, aviator, and sailor. He left us peacefully on March ...

Veteran school teacher Lori McKnight Conrad and veteran elementary school dean Joseph Suranni will square off in the Aug. 23 primary for Marion County School Board in District 2, a seat that is ...

Books How antisemitic was Joseph Conrad, author of ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘The Secret Agent’? The author was known to disparage Jews, yet sometimes he was also thought to be one ...

Emeritus Professor of English, DCRA Goonetilleke is a contributor to a new Joseph Conrad centenary volume by Linda Dryden & Robert Hampson (ed.), “Joseph Conrad’s Cultural Legacy: Centennial Essays” ...

Recently, in an idle moment, I stumbled on a superb piece by Joseph Epstein, “ Joan Didion From the Couch,” which reminded me of how the engineering of reputations in the literary world often betrays ...