History painting: ‘Thaïs of Athens with Torch’ by Joshua Reynolds, 1781.
The notorious events surrounding the burning of the great ancient Persian capital of Persepolis in 330 BCE by Alexander TheContinue Reading
Tag: History
History Painting: ‘Hadrian Visiting A Romano British Pottery’ (1884) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
Relatively early in the complex state that was the Roman Empire, a man named Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), became theContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer’ by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1863.
The first truly organised persecution of Christians came after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD under the EmperorContinue Reading
My 10 favourite history books of all time.
I am a proud history geek. In the early 1990s through to the late 2000s I was like a spongeContinue Reading
“Nobody told me there’d be days like these…” Remembering John Lennon.
John Lennon was fatally shot by Mark Chapman at the entryway of his The Dakota home, in New York City, onContinue Reading
Humphrey Bogart: The man, the legend and the falcon.
I have enjoyed watching classic movies from the golden age of Hollywood for a long time now, often at aContinue Reading
When Hollywood’s Darling met Soviet Premier Khrushchev.
On the 19th September 1959, Marilyn Monroe was preparing to meet the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, while camped out inContinue Reading
Hawaii’s Gift to the World- The Ukulele.
The ukulele is one of music’s most wonderful and simplest instruments to play. Its innate modesty as an instrument isContinue Reading
12 Fascinating Treasures of Byzantium.
Positioned on the crossroads between Western Europe and Asia, Byzantium was for a very long time the centre of theContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Death of Cleopatra’ by Jean-André Rixens, 1874.
Cleopatra is often portrayed as a beautiful Egyptian women who used her own political shrewdness and sexual allure to secureContinue Reading
