Lives Across The Pond: Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
A closer look at Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse with help from the DNB.
Black History Month
Frederick Douglass and American History
OUP celebrates Black History Month by taking a closer look at the life of Frederick Douglass.
Football mania: some history
To honour that acclaimed American institution, which celebrates its biggest day on Sunday, we look at famous football players – from the Colts and the Bears. Perhaps past greatness will help these teams when they square off on Sunday. Both excerpts are from the American National Biography Online.
Sweet Sounds: Forrest Mars
A podcast from the DNB.
It’s About That Time for Miles Davis’s ‘So What’
A closer look at ‘So What’ by Miles Davis.
Madison Square Park Sculpture: von Rydingsvard
A closer look at the art of Von Rydingsvard.
T.S. Eliot: an excerpt
In the New York Times Art Section today, Michiko Kakutani writes about British poet Craig Raine’s new book on T.S. Eliot, calling Raine’s description a “new, more accessible T. S. Eliot, an Eliot he describes as a virtuosic fox in terms of style, and a single-minded hedgehog when it came to themes.”
Lives Across the Pond: Happy Birthday Harry Gordon Selfridge
Happy Birthday Harry Gordon Selfridge!
Calling All History Fans: Oxford DNB Podcasts
A Friday podcast.
This Day in History: First Wireless Message Sent Across the Atlantic Ocean
A closer look at Marconi, who transmitted the first wireless message.
Our Favorite Books: Part Three
Oxford employees share their favorite books.
The Most Influential Americans: The Revolutionaries
Based on The Atlantic’s Top 100 Most Influential Americans of All Time list, we look at George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
The Most Influential Americans: Ben Franklin and the Revolutionaries
Ed Gaustad weighs in on the Atlantic’s top 100 most influential Americans.
Colonel Oates to Ian Fleming in Less Than Six Degrees
From the Civil War to James Bond.
This Day in History: Rosa Parks, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
A tribute to Rosa Parks.
Thanksgiving in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
A link to the biography of Edward Winslow to celebrate Thankgsiving.