There are lots of songs about home. Whole genres or movements dedicated to them. And even the songs that aren’t about home probably are, in some way, whether that’s leaving it or longing for it. That said, here’s 11 of my choice anyway.
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Haunting and Healing in Toni Morrison’s Beloved
All tales of haunting are about belonging. What belongs, what is unwanted, what keeps coming back.
And ghosts, by nature, reveal something other – a trace of history hidden or submerged.
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National Anthems in Film: Casablanca
A close-up look at one of my most favourite scenes ever in film history.
Song To The Siren
Desire, Disaster and Delay: the poetics behind the mythic figure of the siren in Tim Buckley’s ballad ‘Song to the Siren’.
