19th Century… “Saxon Grit” 23 Apr 2020 St George’s Day seems as fitting time as ever to publish a “new” Robin Hood poem I found titled “Saxon Grit” in the archives of a long-defunct Christian socialist magazine…
20th Century… How “The Godfather” Shaped Perceptions of Italian American Culture 7 Apr 20207 Apr 2020 By Angelo Calfo The Godfather part I, originally a novel by Mario Puzo, is a historic film. From the character development to the revolutionary cinematography, the entire film is a masterpiece.…
20th Century… “They had never heard of Robin Hood”: Remarks from George Orwell’s “A Clergyman’s Daughter” (1935) 3 Mar 2020 By Stephen Basdeo Robin Hood has on occasion been accused of being a hero who appears mainly in literature for the middle classes. The first ever printed copies of A…
20th Century… “Like a faint echo from the Middle Ages”: George Orwell’s Time among the Tramps 18 Feb 202018 Feb 2020 By Stephen Basdeo It was the roaring 1920s. After the carnage of the Great War (1914–18), it truly seemed as if Britain was changing for the better in some respects.…
20th Century… George Orwell’s Time as a Policeman in British India 7 Feb 2020 By Angelo Calfo George Orwell’s ‘Shooting an Elephant’, first published in New Writing in 1936, is a recollection in first person of an experience that George Orwell had while serving…
1950s… Perverts in Rubber Suits 16 Oct 2019 By Stephen Basdeo Such a man begins to commit actual murder from the first moment that he begins to indulge his sadistic day dreams, from the instant that he deviates…
