Monday, November 13, 2017

At sea with Von Löwenstern

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‘The Thames has been formally blockaded. All merchant ships are being stopped. Sailors have taken over two transports to America with riggin...
Sunday, November 5, 2017

Muckraker or historian?

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Ida Tarbell, muckraker or more accurately one of the first ever investigative journalists, was born 160 years ago today. She came to fame in...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

How I saved the Balfour papers!

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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. This was, in effect, a statement of support by the UK government for the estab...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

A Chill in the Air

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Pushkin Press is today publishing a recently uncovered diary written by the celebrated English biographer Iris Origo - A Chill in the Air . ...
Friday, October 20, 2017

Tasks to do now

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‘Tasks to do now: 1) Finish small jobs as soon as possible (shooting, quality control, Lobachevsky). [. . .] 3) Maintain constant and steady...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

Nixon - ‘the greatest shit’

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‘I have never really doubted, since Watergate began to unravel, that Nixon would be removed or would resign before January 1977. This confid...
Thursday, October 12, 2017

Let there be peace

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‘Oh, if only there could be peace. If only Finland could have peace, at least, and we could help them rebuild their ravaged land. I heard th...
Monday, October 9, 2017

A day of anguish

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‘A day of anguish. At times it seemed as if it would be our last. At dawn we brought up water and then Luis and Willy went out immediately t...