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Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, statesman and drinker

28 May 2020

On this day in 1140 the Chinese poet, statesman and military leader Xin Qiji was born. His life seems to have been one of service to the Han emperors through fighting to rid the North... Read More

Jean Paul Sartre’s view of Hell

27 May 2020

On this day in 1944 Jean Paul Sartre’s Existentialist play Huis Clos (‘Dead End’) was first performed in Paris. It was a tense time already in France – the Normandy invasion was only ten days... Read More

A E Housman, a gay Shropshire lad

26 May 2020

On this day in 1859 the English poet Alfred Edward (A. E.) Housman was born. He is best remembered today for his lyrical and evocative poetry especially that set in Shropshire where he grew up.... Read More

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