About Will Collins

Will Collins is an English teacher who lives and works in Eger, Hungary.

Nobody Cares About the Doom of Númenor

By |2022-08-20T19:07:00-05:00August 19th, 2022|Categories: Fiction, J.R.R. Tolkien, Literature|

From police procedurals to fantasy extravaganzas, genre fiction often struggles to balance the appeal of its subject matter with the demands of storytelling. Smaller, self-contained novels that artfully suggest a world beyond their pages are usually more successful than broad, sweeping epics that try to cram in every single thing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Rings [...]

Brutalist Architecture: The Disappearance of Beauty

By |2022-08-18T14:37:18-05:00July 24th, 2019|Categories: Architecture, Beauty, Civilization, Culture|

Even if we dismiss brutalism as a fad perpetrated by blinkered technocrats and egotistical architects, ugly buildings seem to impose an unconscious psychic tax on the great mass of people. So why have we lost the ability to construct beautiful buildings? Few are immune to the architectural charms of Eastern Europe. Prague’s winding streets and [...]

Go to Top