HISTORY OF THE IDES OF MARCH According to the ancient Roman calendar, the ides fell on the 13th of the month with the exception of the months March, May, July, and October, when it fell on the 15th. It was on March 15, 44 B.C. that the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated, after he [...]
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HISTORY OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL I am in London as I edit this. With February 7, 2012 being the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, there are special exhibits at the Museum of London, the British Library, and the Charles Dickens Museum…which is the only surviving London residence of Dickens, the most popular English writer since [...]
HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING: FRIENDLY INDIAN? We’ve all heard the story of how the Pilgrims, landing in Massachusetts on the Mayflower in 1620, were ill equipped to survive the harsh winters of the New World. We’ve also heard how they met a Native American Indian of the Pawtuxet tribe named Squanto who befriended them, taught them [...]
Theatre Review: The Philadelphia Story at the Old Vic in London Sometimes you meet famous people when you attend the theatre in London — I did at a recent performance in early June. I attended the new London version of “The Philadelphia Story” which though most people know by the Katharine Hepburn-Cary Grant movie, was [...]
