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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Elizabeth at Hope End

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Today marks 150 years since the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a popular poet in her time, who was married to Robert Browning, another...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Diary briefs

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New Che Guevara diary published in Cuba (see also Che’s last days ) - BBC , The Guardian Arrested Maoist’s diary reveals top secrets - The T...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

A terrible ordeal

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One hundred years ago today, the British people were celebrating the coronation of King George V and his wife Queen Mary. Both George and Ma...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Goose Lane Editions

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Goose Lane Editions, a Canadian publishing company founded in 1954 and said to be one of the country’s most exciting showcases of home-grown...
Friday, May 20, 2011

Browning’s friend Domett

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Alfred Domett, a literary man who emigrated to New Zealand and became its prime minister for a short time, was born two centuries ago today....
Sunday, May 15, 2011

The literary profession

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Yale University Press has just published a first substantial edition of the journals written by Alfred Kazin, one of the most important Amer...
Monday, May 9, 2011

The friends of liberty

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Joseph Hunter, a little remembered Yorkshire antiquarian, died 150 years ago today. He started to keep a diary with some determination - per...
Monday, May 2, 2011

Royal wedding - Prussian style

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Today marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Sir George Jackson, a 19th century diplomat of quiet distinction. Though little-remembered...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

My birthday again

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Today, one hundred and ninety years ago, was born Anthony Ashley Cooper, who later became the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. A religious man, and,...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Acts of wanton cruelty

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William Dyott, a soldier who served all over the world for the British army and faithfully kept a diary, was born exactly a quarter of a mil...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

The Last of England

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‘Rain; so had out the picture of ‘Last of England’ & scraped at the head of the female, afterwards worked at it 2 hours without model ...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

Drawing up the sluices

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Soldier, politician and spymaster, Sir William Brereton - perhaps best remembered for besieging Chester during the Civil War - died 350 year...
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