3/3
And yet, not in spite of the occasional excess but because of it, her book gets at a lot of what makes Catullus Catullan: the daring, the boundary-pushing, the emotional nakedness.

2/3
[Williams] imagines that Catullus is into shibari, or Japanese rope bondage…I’m not sure how much this fetishism really adds to our understanding of Catullus, and Williams’ version of the coverlet poem is way over the top…

Charles McGrath reviews Switch: The Complete Catullus, tr. by Isobel Williams @carcanet.bsky.social:

1/3
By far the oddest, most eccentric, and most original of the recent Catullus renderings is Isobel Williams’ Switch: The Complete Catullus, which in many respects is hardly a translation at all...

My comment on the Telegraph article on the Bayeux tapestry:
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

Tomorrow, please join Carcanet author Isobel Williams at the Financial Times Weekend Festival, as she delivers a talk on 'Why the Greeks and Romans are all the rage'.

The event can be attended either online or in-person. For more information:⬇️
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#shibari

Why Catullus Continues to Seduce Us Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record of a divided and fascinating self.

@danielmendelsohn.bsky.social considers how the Roman poet Catullus continues to seduce us.

Ran first exhibition in said gallery space, leading to new clients

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So I'll be back around then. We'll be trying to raise a bit of money for Centrepoint, bearing in mind that there are a bunch of people who have nowhere to go this evening. gofund.me/637d21d0 ENDS FOR NOW 🎄🛏️

And this is Egbert quoted in the text, gallant charmer and raconteur, so much missed on Portobello