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Martha Gellhorn and The Nazi Concentration Camps

“ A couple of weeks before the US 7th liberated Dachau the US 3rd Armoured Division arrived in Nordhausen in central Germany. Captain Belton Cooper was at the head of the advance guard of the Division as they worked their way into the town when suddenly…” In early 1945 Martha…

Martha Gellhorn

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Martha Gellhorn and The Nazi Concentration Camps
Martha Gellhorn and The Nazi Concentration Camps
Martha Gellhorn

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The Imperial Japanese Navy Sinks the Russian Fleet: Manchuria 1904/05

In 1897, to gain a warm water port on the Pacific Coast Russia took control of an undefended area at the tip of the Chinese Peninsular of Liaotung in southern Manchuria, which included Port Arthur. The Chinese were in no fit state to oppose Russia, and in the end leased…

War

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The Imperial Japanese Navy Sinks the Russian Fleet: Manchuria 1904/05
The Imperial Japanese Navy Sinks the Russian Fleet: Manchuria 1904/05
War

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Ernest Hemingway and his Wives

Plus Agnes Von Kurowsky, Adriana Ivancich, and One or Two Others… Ernest Hemingway was never the serial lover that some writers have suggested. He was a serial marrier for sure. He could certainly charm women and fall in ‘love’ over a couple of drinks. …

Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway and his Wives
Ernest Hemingway and his Wives
Ernest Hemingway

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The Jazz Life — Dinosaurs in the Morning: Whitney Balliett

A Book about Jazz and Jazz Musicians Back in 1962, when Whitney Balliett’s book, Dinosaurs in the Morning, was first published in the US, Jazz was serious stuff: an important part of life, and not just the musical side of life, but life, in fact it had become — with…

Music

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The Jazz Life — Dinosaurs in the Morning: Whitney Balliett
The Jazz Life — Dinosaurs in the Morning: Whitney Balliett
Music

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Oliver Cromwell: A Profile of the Lord Protector — “ Oliver realised he must act...”

Seen through the pages of John Buchan’s biography of The Lord Protector And in the House of Commons, on the 25th November, 1644, the day after Milton’s polemic, Oliver Cromwell “…set forth mercilessly…” all of Manchester’s short comings: his delays and hesitations, with “…these mistakes…due not to accident or to…

Oliver Cromwell

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Oliver Cromwell: A Profile of the Lord Protector — “ Oliver realised he must act…”
Oliver Cromwell: A Profile of the Lord Protector — “ Oliver realised he must act…”
Oliver Cromwell

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William Morris, Designer, Poet and, for some, ‘Uncle Topsy’…

Last year I came across a small book simply called, William Morris, by Richard Tames. Published in 2003, it’s a fine book that tells a long and often complicated story with memorable brevity and simplicity. It’s also a good companion to another book, Something of Myself, written by Rudyard Kipling…

Books And Authors

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William Morris, Designer, Poet and, for some, ‘Uncle Topsy’…
William Morris, Designer, Poet and, for some, ‘Uncle Topsy’…
Books And Authors

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Nov 1, 2022

The History Man — Paris 1940–1944

Martha Gellhorn, Django Reinhardt, Maurice Chevalier, Samuel Beckett, Ernest Hemingway, Picasso, and more… Life in Paris, between 1940–44, seemed, on the surface, to go on as usual, with The Moulin Rouge, and the Folies Bergere, along with most of the other clubs, bars, and restaurants — plus the swank stores…

Paris

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The History Man — Paris 1940–1944
The History Man — Paris 1940–1944
Paris

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Oct 22, 2022

The Music Man — Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Crowned with Fame

“It is given but to few men in so short a time to create for themselves a position of such prominence on two continents…” Booker T. Washington, 1904 I use the term Crowned with Fame because it is the title of a play by Michael Ellis (with superb direction by…

Music

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The Music Man — Samuel Coleridge  Taylor: Crowned with Fame
The Music Man — Samuel Coleridge  Taylor: Crowned with Fame
Music

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Sep 17, 2022

The Jazz Life — Queen Elizabeth II and Duke Ellington

A Story of The Queen’s Suite After Duke Ellington’s appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956 his profile rose like a blazing phoenix from the musical doldrums he had encountered after the rise of Be-bop and Rock ’n’ Roll. …

Queen Elizabeth Ii

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The Jazz Life — Queen Elizabeth II and Duke Ellington
The Jazz Life — Queen Elizabeth II and Duke Ellington
Queen Elizabeth Ii

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Aug 27, 2022

Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald Hit the Road

France 1925 After their first, somewhat inglorious, meeting in The Dingo Bar in Paris, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald met again a few days later for lunch at the Closerie des Lilas, where Hemingway said how sorry he was that the booze had hit Scott the way it had…

Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald Hit the Road
Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald Hit the Road
Ernest Hemingway

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