Popular Culture
The Warrior Queens
I’m in the midst of re-reading an old friend–Antonia Fraser’s The Warrior Queens: The Legends and the Lives of the Women Who Have Led Their Nations in War. If I were a more patient sort, I would wait to finish and then write a reasoned post with carefully thought out conclusions. But sometimes you just…
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A Treasure Trove for History (And Film) Buffs
If you’ve been hanging out in the places I hang out on line, you already got the word: British Pathé has put its 85,000 historic newsreels on YouTube. My first reaction was “Cool. That’s a great resource for people who write about the 20th century.” Then I looked a little closer. The company’s founder, Charles…
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The Invention of News
At a time when digital media is transforming the way news is delivered–and by whom– Andrew Pettegree offers a reminder that newspapers too were once a revolutionary form of delivering information. In The Invention of News: How The World Came To Know About Itself, Pettegree looks at the changing definition, use, control, and distribution of the…
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