A collection of articles and videos about the 1920s and WWI. News about books, films and tv shows set in the same era, of different genres.
The Weimar Republic, which gave to Germany the first ever democratic government and the right to speak their mind freely, ironically gave breathing space to ideologies that didn’t share any democratic ideas.
2017 was a busy year. Let’s do a year in review and see what blogs you readers loved the most. Seems like the New Woman was one of your favourite topics.
A collection of article about the 1920s and WWI, with incursions in fiction and films and tv shows inspire by that era.
Well, I never intended the roundup to go up this late, but hay, NaNoWriMo got in the way. So this will be a shorter roundup, but I hope you'll enjoy it. Edwardian Era Electric Cars: Charging Station, 1919. Image: Library of Congress. Victoria Era Electric Cars and the Ladies Who Loved Them The History of…
In 1932, the case of Charles Lindbergh’s baby kidnapping dominated the newspaper headlines for months. It made a strong impresison on Agatha Christie too
The life of young Agatha Christie was rather turbulent. She served in WWI, had an unhappy marriage, and in 1926 she mysteriously disappeared for 11 days
A roundup heavy with history, this month. Vintage photographs, the newsboys strike of the 1920s, the love of fairies of post WWI Britain
GANG ROUNDUP (August 2017) monthly roundup particularly centred around stories set in the ‘Diesel Era’ (1910 – 1950s) – plus a couple more things
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Gang Roundup, my usual roundup of history link. this one is heavy on the murder mystery side, with two Agatha Christie related links and the Lusitaina story, if you wish. Then more 1920s
O’Connell Street is undoubtedly the heart of Dublin. Not just of the city’s life present and past, but of her history too. Here, memories meet our time