Friday, 30 March 2018

Sex Worker Mary Magdalene in Time Magazine

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Today, Good Friday, Time magazine mentions my book , The Quest for Mary Magdalene , in one of those splendid examples of pol...
Monday, 26 March 2018

The Christian Message

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Michael Haag Interviewed by O Globo in Brazil about Maria Madelena

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O Globo , the leading Brazilian newspaper, published this interview with me today about my new book Maria Madelena , the Portuguese Bra...
Saturday, 17 March 2018

The Durrells Third Series Begins This Weekend

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Almost by stealth, though eagerly awaited, the third series of The Durrells has suddenly been announced to begin this Sunday eveni...
Saturday, 10 March 2018

Mary Magdalene Film: Article by Michael Haag in The Times

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How faithful to the Bible is the film Mary Magdalene? Michael Haag, author of The Quest for Mary Magdalene , examines Garth Davis...
Friday, 9 March 2018

Durrell Family Book Covers

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Originally  The Durrells of Corfu  had two different covers, one for  Profile books  showing photographs of the family, another for Watersto...
Thursday, 8 March 2018

The Real Mary Magdalene

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Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene in the film to be released before Easter. The real Mary Magdalene was wealthy, high born and prominent a...
Thursday, 1 March 2018

Maria Madalena

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Michael Haag's The Quest for Mary Magdalene is published this month by Zahar in Brazil.
Wednesday, 28 February 2018

The Beast from the East

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The Beast from the East passes gently through my garden.
Sunday, 25 February 2018

Summer and Winter from a High Window in a City Far Away

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Saturday, 10 February 2018

On and On and On with The Durrells

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The Durrell family arrived in Corfu in 1935. In an earlier post I suggested that The Durrells , which will broadcast its third series ...
Monday, 5 February 2018

The Alexandria Quartet: 'most beautiful prose of the twentieth century'

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View across the Eastern Harbour by Michael Haag. Irish novelist and Man Booker prize winner John Banville counts the Alexandria Quartet...
Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Bitter Lemons: A Good Read

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A good read. The position of the acropolis is admirably chosen, standing as it does above the road at the very point where...
Thursday, 18 January 2018

The Durrells: Third Season

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A romantic moment between Louisa and Spiro. I TV has begun  promoting Season 3 of  The Durrells .  The broadcast date is not yet announ...
Friday, 12 January 2018

Mary Magdalene: Her Story Will Be Told

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The film Mary Magdalene will be released in March this year, the advance poster announcing that 'Her story will be told'.  It is ...
Monday, 8 January 2018

Life After Corfu: Whatever Happened to Margo?

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Whatever Happened to Margo? , Margo Durrell's account of her life in Bournemouth after Corfu, will be published by Penguin on 26 A...
Sunday, 7 January 2018

Orthodox Christmas 2018

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Coptic worshippers at Orthodox Christmas midnight mass last night at the Cathedral of Christ's Nativity east of Cairo. Last night t...
Tuesday, 2 January 2018

New Year's Eve Along the Jurassic Coast

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New Year's Eve 2017 at Sidmouth along England's Jurassic Coast .
Monday, 25 December 2017

Christmas Eve London

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 Walking home after midnight mass on Christmas Eve.
Sunday, 24 December 2017

Nativity

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From The Quest for Mary Magdalene by Michael Haag: Mary the mother of Jesus appears primarily in chapters 1 and 2 of the gospels of ...
Friday, 15 December 2017

Fortnum and Mason's Christmas Windows 2017

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The Advent calendar. As I do at this time of year I passed by Fortnum and Mason which has been decorating its windows at Christmas for...
Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Lawrence Durrell's Diary and Rough Notes Cyprus 1955

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Durrell's daughter Sappho features prominently. Sold at Sotheby's , London, today at well above ...
Sunday, 10 December 2017

First Snow in London this Winter

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