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Sara Keating on Culture: Why the ancient world is having a modern moment

It is hard to pick up a book or watch TV these days without encountering some ancient characters in our favorite books or screen plays

Titled The Odyssey, it is a sort of greatest hits compilation of the artist's decades-long obsession with the ancient world.

There is a remarkable exhibition by John Kindness currently running at the RHA. Titled The Odyssey, it is a sort of greatest hits compilation of the artist's decades-long obsession with the ancient world. Indeed, several of the most arresting works are a series of album covers and guitar bodies named after Telemachus, the rebel son of the wandering hero, who followed in his father’s footsteps, searching to bring him home.

The exhibition also features enamelled ...