Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-11-20
Chris Williamson & Sheehan Quirke: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #1022
How Did The Modern World Get So Ugly? - Sheehan Quirke - #1022
Sheehan Quirke is a British writer and online educator, known as The Cultural Tutor for creating accessible posts on art, history, and literature. Why does modern life feel so devoid of beauty?
Sheehan Quirke discussed Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Verse and prose in peace and war by William Noel Hodgson. Chris Williamson discussed The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Romeo and Juliet
Discussed“Oh, willil thou leave me so unsatisfied? Juliet, what satisfaction thou have tonight? Romeo, the exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine.”
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Verse and prose in peace and war
Discussed“So this I that is a a dogeared copy of it's called verse and pros in peace and war by William null Hodson.”
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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
Discussed“Another one about poor little mummy boy, and it's a a pharaoh's curse that causes this woman to give birth to a a a bundle of gauze.”
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