Autumn Edition of Iris Now Out

The Autumn 2008 issue of Iris magazine looks at re-interpretations of the Classics in modern art, theatre and literature, and includes:

Iris interview: Richard Adams, author of Watership Down

The Many Lives of Venus de Milo: Classical Sculpture and contemporary art

Re-inventing the past in the future: Science Fiction and the Classical world

Someone Else's Dream: Magical Realism, Latin America and Classical literature

Colouring-in the Ancient World: The Classics and contemporary race relations

Travelogue: a weekend in Florence

It also includes articles and features on outreach projects, news and reviews, quizzes and puzzles, a what's on section, translations and fiction, advice and more...

Iris magazine is sent free to state schools which don't yet offer Classical subjects, and this is funded by subscriptions and advertisements in the magazine.

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£3.30 per copy (plus p&p of £1.40 for UK). Additionally year long subscriptions can also be taken out (three issues)

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