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Apr 6, 2023

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History

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Mar 13, 2023

John Steinbeck: The Story of an American Writer — Vol III

Other American Writers & Death

John Steinbeck: The Story of an American Writer — Vol III

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Feb 3, 2023

Ernest Hemingway and World War II

With the outbreak of World War II Ernest Hemingway was none too anxious to get involved in another European war. He felt he’d done his bit…

Ernest Hemingway and World War II

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Jan 25, 2023

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…

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

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Nov 1, 2022

Paris 1940–1944

Martha Gellhorn, Django Reinhardt, Maurice Chevalier, Samuel Beckett, Ernest Hemingway, Picasso, and more…

Paris 1940–1944

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Oct 22, 2022

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…

Samuel Coleridge Taylor: Crowned with Fame

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Sep 17, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke Ellington

A Story of The Queen’s Suite

Queen Elizabeth II and Duke Ellington

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Oct 21, 2018

Jeff Daniels as Col Joshua L. Chamberlain in ‘Gettysburg’

A Film by Ronald F. Maxwell

Jeff Daniels as Col Joshua L. Chamberlain in ‘Gettysburg’

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Apr 11, 2021

Two Flamboyant Fathers: A Memoir

Nicolette Devas

Two Flamboyant Fathers: A Memoir

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Aug 27, 2022

Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald Hit the Road

France 1925

Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald Hit the Road

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Dec 31, 2018

Art and Artists — Harry Charles Tim: British Soldier Turns Artist

Harry Charles Tim is an artist of extraordinary zeal and inventiveness, whose canvases — whether large or small — are packed with stories…

Art and Artists — Harry Charles Tim: British Soldier Turns Artist

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Jul 13, 2018

William Orpen: Artist of Life and The Battlefield

He loved paint, he loved the gleam of it…

William Orpen: Artist of Life and The Battlefield

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Jul 16, 2018

Dame Barbara Hepworth: The True Rival to Picasso

Like Picasso Hepworth changed art for ever…

Dame Barbara Hepworth: The True Rival to Picasso

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May 29, 2018

Martha Gellhorn & Major General James Gavin: A Love Story of World War II

1944–45 Holland -Berlin

Martha Gellhorn & Major General James Gavin: A Love Story of World War II

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May 14, 2021

Benny Goodman

Swing, Brother, Swing

Benny Goodman

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Apr 30, 2021

Duke Ellington

A New World A-Comin’

Duke Ellington

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May 28, 2018

Lawrence of Arabia — The History of a Film

“ But Spiegel and Lean still had to find their Lawrence…”

Lawrence of Arabia — The History of a Film

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