There will be a lot of coverage here of the early part of the first world war, as there are so many fantastic resources available. The BBC in particular launched into the project of making something new about these years with such a degree of creative enthusiasm that it set vastly unrealistic expectations for the …
MP3 direct download | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The crowns of hats, the sun On moustached archaic faces Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark; And the shut shops, the bleached …
January 1 — The St. Petersburg—Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled passenger services January 9 — The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African American students at Howard University, in Washington, D.C February 2 — Charlie Chaplin makes …
Franz Marc – The Fate of the Animals (Tierschicksale) Albert Gleizes – Man in a Hammock Kazimir Malevich – Head of a Peasant Girl Jean Metzinger – La Femme à l’éventail (Woman with a fan) Laura Knight — Self Portrait with Nude August Macke – Two Girls Vanessa Bell – Tents Giorgio de Chirico – …
Suspense The Last Days of Pompeii Mabel’s Dramatic Career Folkestone Beauty Contest The Speed Kings L’Enfant de Paris The Grasshopper and the Ant The Student of Prague The Night Before Christmas The Bangville Police Ivanhoe Ingeborg Holm Atlantis Mabel’s New Hero The Battle at Elderbush Gulch Fantômas Hamlet The Mothering Heart The Adventures of Kathlyn …
My desire for an overview of the year 1913 in book form being so far unsated, I was very happy to find someone else had had a go at it, and didn’t stop for 500 pages. It feels very much like the author had enough material for 1000 and had to cut it down, such …
Charles Emmerson – 1913 The World Before the Great War Read More »
One part of this project which has surprised me in its scope is “books about years” – this has become something of an obsession, and having started, I’ve been working my way up to having a shelf full of them, which means I also need to read the things. So far the entries in the …
Florian Illies – 1913: The Year Before the Storm Read More »
January 16 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, a 26-year-old student in Madras, India, sends a letter to English mathematician G. H. Hardy, which would lead to him becoming one of the most important mathematician in history. January 23 – Ottoman Empire Navy Minister Nazim is assassinated, and Prime Minister Kamil overthrown in a coup in Turkey February …
MP3 direct download | Itunes | Mixcloud | Feedburner (RSS) “How can we regard this invasion of vulgarity in music other than as a national calamity, in so far as the mental attainments of the nation are concerned? This cheap, trashy stuff could not elevate even the most degraded minds, nor could it possibly urge …
Jean Metzinger – Danseuse au café Giacomo Balla – The Hand of the Violinist (The Rhythms of the Bow) FrantiÅ¡ek Kupka – Katedrála Henri Matisse – The Conversation Vilhelm Hammershøi – Interior with an Easel Robert Delaunay — Simultaneous Windows on the City Kazimir Malevich – The Knifegrinder Ernst Ludwig Kirchner – Nollendorfplatz Pablo Picasso …
