Leiden, Holland
Ben’s Place of the Week
Thanksgiving origins in Leiden.
Biography From the Bottom Up: Part One
Part one of three, Biography From the Bottom Up.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: An Excerpt
Mos Def
A look at the Mos Def entry in the EPM.
Sex Crime Films: A Response
Sex Crime Films, a response.
Oxford Companion to Wine
Rosé
http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/
The Cratchit’s Christmas Dinner
The Cratchit’s and Christmas Pudding.
A Special Ben’s Place of the Week: The Year in Geography
The year in geography.
James A. H. Murray At First Hand
Anatoly Liberman’s weekly column.
This Day in History: Moby Dick is Published
Happy Birthday Moby Dick!
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: An Excerpt
John Scofield
An Encyclopedia of Popular Music Monday.
Carbon Neutral: Oxford Word of the Year
The Oxford word of the year is…
Thank You Veterans
An excerpt in honor of Veterans Day.
Lives Across the Pond: Happy Birthday Sir Jacob Epstein
The biography of Jacob Epstein.
Oxford Companion to Food: Renaissance Meat Carving
An excerpt from The Oxford Companion To Food.
Oxford Companion to Wine: Romanée-Conti
An excerpt from the Oxford Companion to Wine.
The Sole of the Nation.
Or, The Oddest English Spellings (Part 5)
Oddest English Spellings, Part 5.