Nights with the Gods

A series of imagined nocturnal assemblies brings classical gods, philosophers, and heroes together to assess contemporary English life. Over seven nights they address professional specialism, modern drama and novelists, gender and social manners, parliamentary conduct, the cultural tension between Apollo and Dionysus, and questions of religion. Each episode stages a speaker or panel who applies ancient maxims, satirical comparison, and cynical wit to modern institutions, literary personalities, and national character, combining philosophical reflection with humorous caricature to reveal contradictions and pretensions in public life and the arts.