In bonus footage from our behind the scenes look at The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume I, editor Sandra Spanier interviews Hemingway’s son Patrick on the portrait of his iconic father that emerges...
As Mikkel Borch-Jakobsen and Sonu Shamdasani discuss in The Freud Files, the legend of Freud as the creator of psychoanalysis persists to this day, and is immortalized in our books, films, and art. Richard...
In an exclusive interview with author, Robert Cannon, he talks of his inspiration in writing his latest book, ‘Opera’, and creating the first ever degree course in Opera Studies. You created...
“Everything in moderation” is still a popular adage today, suggesting prudence and temperance, but in early modern England, such a concept had decidedly darker roots.
In the days leading up to last week’s Iowa caucus, it was hard to pick a front-runner, and for good reason: Mitt Romney edged out second-place Rick Santorum by only a handful of votes. But all of the candidates have consciously and actively courted a polarizing group throughout their campaigns: the tea party movement.
Dateline: Oak Park, Nov 3 Back to where it all began, for Ernest. The Ernest Hemingway Museum in Oak Park, hosted by the Ernest Hemingway Friends of Oak Park, was a great way to end Sandy’s tour....
Working on The Letters of Ernest Hemingway for the past several years has been and continues to be a truly wonderful experience. Since my graduate school days I have loved working with primary documents—manuscripts,...
Why do we still care so much about Charles Dickens? That he is a cherished figure around the world is clear from the scale of international preparations for the Dickens bi-centenary of 2012.
Author David Conway talks about writing his latest book Jewry In Music (out now).
Hallmark cards were just getting started when Ernest Hemingway was writing his earliest letters, but Hem sent his own versions of holiday greetings. A look through The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Volume...
Thirty years since the discovery of AIDS, and despite huge scientific advances made since its discovery, the origins of the AIDS virus continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. In The Origins of AIDS, Dr Jacques Pépin has written an immensely readable and scholarly study that finally provides an answer.
What to get the Hemingway fan for the holidays? The obvious choices might be a good fishing pole, or a few bottles of Ballantine Ale. But why not take some suggestions from Hemingway himself? Read More ?