Thomas Ruys Smith goes in search of Halloween in nineteenth-century America. Continue reading
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‘I’ve Wanted it so Long’
In Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Jo March goes crazy for a novel called Undine. But what is it, and who is it by? Thomas Ruys-Smith goes digging for answers. Continue reading
All Distinction of Colour Was Lost
1811 marked the second and final fight between English boxing champion Tom Cribb and American ex-slave Tom Molineaux. Continue reading
