The first and easily the most accessible of Joyce’s three novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man tells the story of the early life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictionalized version of Joyce who will later appear in Ulysses. Cut down from a gigantic experimental autobiography, the work took Joyce the best part …
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The death of Grigori Rasputin, the infamous “Mad Monk” of Russia is the stuff of weird history legend. The story passed down by his assassin (and mentioned in the less accurate account given by Boney M in the mid 1970s) is as follows Yusupov began to panic as Rasputin appeared to consume enough cyanide to …
After my very mixed feelings about the DW Griffith’s beautiful, appalling racist epic The Birth of a Nation, I was keen to check out the next film he made, Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages. I’d heard that it was made to address the divisions caused by the controversial release of The Birth of a …
Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 12th October 2019 Place: Cambridge 105fm Audio historian DJ James Errington takes you on another time travel adventure, this time to hear some original sounds from 1907, including some wonderful stuff from Enrico Caruso, a few original vaudeville routines and some very premature Christmas cheer. Listen to the show on 105fm …
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January 8 — Woodrow Wilson delivers his Fourteen Points speech January 27 — The Finnish Civil War begins with the Battle of Kämärä February 1 — Austrian sailors in the Gulf of Cattaro, led by two Czech Socialists, mutiny February 6 — The Representation of the People Act gives most women over 30 the vote …
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Marcel Duchamp — Fountain L. S. Lowry — Coming from the Mill C. R. W. Nevinson – Paths of Glory Félix Vallotton – The Church of Souain in Silhouette George Luks — Houston Street George Grosz – Explosion Hans Larwin — Soldat und Tod Margaret Lindsay Williams – The Devil’s Daughter Amedeo Modigliani – Nu …
The Immigrant Oh Doctor! The Dying Swan Satan Triumphant Thaïs The Cure Bucking Broadway A Little Princess The Torture of Silence (Mater Dolorosa) The Woman God Forgot His Wedding Night Cleopatra All Aboard Fear The Adventurer Bestia (aka The Polish Dancer) A Man There Was (Terje Vigen) The Butcher Boy Wild and Woolly Teddy at …
Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 14th September 2019 Place: Cambridge 105fm Another journey back in time with James Errington bringing you original historic recordings, this time from 1906, the year of the San Francisco earthquake. We have a brace of songs from the brilliant Bert Williams, plenty of music hall and vaudeville, and a performance of …
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January 9 — At the Battle of Rafa, the last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force January 11 — Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion, one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI January 19 — A blast at a munitions factory …
