Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Dodgson in wonderland

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‘Went to Macmillan’s and wrote in 20 or more copies of Alice  to go as presents to various friends.’ This is Charles Dodgson, otherwise know...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

Her genius triumphed

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‘She looked ill, and I thought her articulation indistinct, and her voice drawling and funereal during the first act; but as she advanced in...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

The witty, dapper Mr. Hay

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John Milton Hay, one of the US’s less well-remembered political heroes, died 110 years ago today. As Secretary of State under President McKi...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Ran about all day

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The Australian cricketer Victor Trumper, once called the best batsman in the world, died a century ago today - and he was only in his late 3...
Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Make the draperies move

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‘Work quickly. Don’t stop for anything but the essential. [. . .] Make the draperies move, don’t let them stop. Keep the flow going.’ This i...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

The towne took on fire

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William Whiteway died all of 380 years ago today. He played a significant role in the historic English market town of Dorchester during a pe...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Roar of 400 cannon

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It is the bicentenary today of the famous Battle of Waterloo , Napoléon Bonaparte’s final defeat, which brought to an end over 20 years of w...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

The poet’s labour

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‘Am I going against nature in my constant attempt to fill my life with work? Is my mind as rich as in idle days? Is not perhaps the poet’s l...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Quite a historic occasion

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‘I also informed the Council that May and I had decided some time ago that our children would be allowed to marry into British families. It ...