February 2018

The Newsboys’ Strike

Conflict raged across the world in the closing years of the 19th century, from the Spanish-American war to colonial wars in Africa and the Boxer Rebellion in China. To focus on these big-picture events only would miss perhaps a more important fight – that of the newly awakened voice of labour against the ruling classes …

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Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness

The British Empire was never the positive, civilizing force that it was sold as, but the Victorians seemed, as a whole, to either sweep any misgivings under the carpet or consider them less important than their blossoming sense of national pride. It’s only in the dying years of the era that cracks start to appear …

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Elsewhere in 1899

New Things Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Opel Motors, aspirin, Elgar’s Enigma Variations, the paperclip, Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag, The Bronx Zoo, FC Barcelona, A.C. Milan, Oxo beef stock cubes, The Miele Company The first international Peace Conference ends, with the signing of the First Hague Convention. RMS Oceanic sails on her maiden voyage – at 17,272 …

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1899

MP3 direct download | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) | MP3 pack “There probably has never been a sweeter, more naturally musical baritone voice than his… …Arthur Collins managed invariably to get into the wax the impression of a warm, lovable personality. The unctuous sound of his chuckles in dialect work is unfailingly charming. …

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1898 in Art

Anna Klumpke – Portrait of Rosa Bonheur Arnold Böcklin — Plague Edwin Austin Abbey — King Lear, Act I, Scene I Ivan Aivazovsky — Among Waves José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior — The Inopportune L. A. Ring — Ved frokostbordet og morgenaviserne Odilon Redon – The Cyclops Teodor Axentowicz — Self-portrait Thomas Eakins — Salutat …

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