“Auld Lang Syne” is a sad song made even sadder because it sounds out of tune, no matter who sings it. And when most people sing it, they do sing it tunelessly. That most people can’t remember the lyrics makes it even more depressing. But even when done to perfection, …
It turns out that the word nostalgia means homesickness. Some of us weren’t in class the day the teacher talked about nostalgia. Some of us thought the word referred to that feeling of pleasure, tinged with gentle melancholy, that can arise when you think of something that had been familiar …
No one knows the exact date of Gaius Valerius Catullus’s birth, but as the weather is glum today and as the pandemic grows longer and deadlier, and as we need a break, I’ve decided to celebrate Catullu’s birthday right now. Catullus, a Roman who lived around two thousand and seventy …
![Nos-tal-gia [fr. Gk nostos +algia]](https://criticalpages.com/wp-content/uploads/Swiss-Guards-465px-237x350.jpg)
