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    Communism, Hypnotism and The Beatles David A. Noebel (1965)

    Communism, Hypnotism and The Beatles David A. Noebel (1965)

    David A. Noebel is an evangelical Christian leader and the founder of Summit Ministries. In the mid 1960s Noebel wrote several pamphlets...
    Rabindranath Tagore; Poet, Writer, Playwright, Composer, Philosopher, Social Reformer and Painter

    Rabindranath Tagore; Poet, Writer, Playwright, Composer, Philosopher, Social Reformer and Painter

    Starting out his life in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta, Tagore was a polymath, poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright,...
    Voltaire: Philosopher, Novelist, Playwright, All-Round Troublemaker

    Voltaire: Philosopher, Novelist, Playwright, All-Round Troublemaker

    As he lay dying on this day, the great French writer Voltaire noticed that the lamp next to his bed was violently flickering and flaring...
    The Farmhouse On 84th Street and Broadway

    The Farmhouse On 84th Street and Broadway

    Many of us will have walked passed the spot on which this old farmhouse stood and not even realised it. In the second half of the 18th...
    The Trial Of Oscar Wilde

    The Trial Of Oscar Wilde

    April 26, 1895 — The first criminal trial of Oscar Wilde began on this day as the downfall of the celebrated playwright, accused of gross...
    Spike Milligan Would Be Celebrating Today.

    Spike Milligan Would Be Celebrating Today.

    Legendary British sketch comic and writer Spike Milligan celebrates his birthday today. Or, he would, if he weren’t dead. Death was a...
    John Steinbeck Asking Marilyn Monroe for Her Autograph (1955)

    John Steinbeck Asking Marilyn Monroe for Her Autograph (1955)

    When asking a celebrity for a special favour, it helps to be a bit of a celebrity yourself. As Keith Ferrell details in his biography,...
    Take The Utterly Ridiculous Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)

    Take The Utterly Ridiculous Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)

    In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black...
    My dear Gauguin: Letters from Vincent Van Gogh to his friend Paul Gauguin

    My dear Gauguin: Letters from Vincent Van Gogh to his friend Paul Gauguin

    My dear Gauguin, Thanks for your letter, and thanks most of all for your promise to come as early as the twentieth. Agreed, this reason...
    Jack Kerouac's Famous Scroll of 'On the Road'

    Jack Kerouac's Famous Scroll of 'On the Road'

    Legend has it that Kerouac wrote On the Road in three weeks, typing it almost nonstop on a 120-foot roll of paper. The truth is that the...
    Victor Hugo's Slightly Scary Drawings

    Victor Hugo's Slightly Scary Drawings

    Victor Hugo wrote poetry, novels, and drama—more than enough for any mortal—but he also made some four thousand drawings over the course...
    Giacomo Puccini And The Struggle With Madama Butterfly

    Giacomo Puccini And The Struggle With Madama Butterfly

    February 17, 1904 Madama Butterfly had its premiere at La Scala in Milan—“a date that marks one of the worst fiascos in the history of...
    Darwin And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    Darwin And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

    Even the smartest people who ever lived, have days when they feel dumb — really, really dumb. Oct. 1, 1861, was that kind of day for...
    The Animal Friends of Lord Byron

    The Animal Friends of Lord Byron

    In 1805, when he became a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, the college authorities told Lord Byron that pet dogs were banned. He...
    Bertrand Russell’s message to future humans: Facts matter, love is wise, hatred is foolish

    Bertrand Russell’s message to future humans: Facts matter, love is wise, hatred is foolish

    This is timely insight from a 1959 interview with the philosopher Bertrand Russell about what he would say to a distant future generation...
    ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ : The Last Speech of Martin Luther King

    ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ : The Last Speech of Martin Luther King

    The day before Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, he gave his final speech, known as ‘I’ve...
    Douglas Adams on Philosophy and Philosophers

    Douglas Adams on Philosophy and Philosophers

    From the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, of course: There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most...
    The Sad Story Of The Whaleship ‘Essex’ That Inspired ‘Moby Dick’

    The Sad Story Of The Whaleship ‘Essex’ That Inspired ‘Moby Dick’

    In 1820, a whale rammed into an American whale-hunting ship in the South Pacific. It was the first time in American history that a...
    What Is The Mabinogion And What Familiar Stories Does It Tell?

    What Is The Mabinogion And What Familiar Stories Does It Tell?

    The Mabinogion is based upon a 14th century manuscript known as ‘Red book of Hergest’. The work is a collection of eleven tales of early...
    Philosophy But With Doughnuts

    Philosophy But With Doughnuts

    We’ve all seen them, joke t-shirts that state the gist of various world religions or philosophies by reference to the aforementioned...
    The Literary Club formed by CS Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, otherwise known as 'The Inklings'

    The Literary Club formed by CS Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, otherwise known as 'The Inklings'

    If you could name a writing group what better name than 'The Inklings'? That's what an informal group of writers that included C.S. Lewis...
    Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter to the Future Must Be Taken Seriously Today.

    Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter to the Future Must Be Taken Seriously Today.

    In 1988, Kurt Vonnegut wrote his famous Letter to the Future and addressed it to Ladies & Gentlemen of A.D. 2088. In it, Vonnegut...
    Sorosis: The NYC Women-Only Club That Started An American National Movement

    Sorosis: The NYC Women-Only Club That Started An American National Movement

    After being rejected by their male literary peers, women writers of New York City joined forces to create their own club called Sorosis —...
    When Truman Capote and Harper Lee became partners in crime for 'In Cold Blood'

    When Truman Capote and Harper Lee became partners in crime for 'In Cold Blood'

    Harper Lee wasn’t Capote’s first choice to help with his writing. He’d wanted to bring along his friend Andrew Lyndon, another young...
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