This Day in History: George Washington Was Born
Mark McNeilly helps us celebrate Washington’s birthday.
Mark McNeilly helps us celebrate Washington’s birthday.
An excerpt from Mae West: An Icon in Black and White.
Dave Gelly helps us understand Lester Young.
Davis wishes a “blog on you!”
Philip Davis’s final post in his five-part series.
A conversation with Dr. Gates
An excerpt from Tom Lodge’s critical biography ‘Mandela’
Quotations dictionary editor Elizabeth Knowles talks about the new edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations.
Nancy Astor became the first woman to take her seat in the British House of Commons.
Okay, I know Christmas is quite far away but I couldn’t resist sharing this great video of Gene Autry on the The Statler Brothers show in 1985. To learn more about Gene Autry check out yesterday‘s post with Holly George-Warren author of Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry.
A few questions with Holly George- Warren author of Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry.
A look at the architecture of Raphael.
For me, Arthur will always stand for a finer way to be a scholarly citizen.
A celebration of the Ides of March.
Lives across the pong from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
A memory of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.