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Category: Classics

Death of Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552–1616) – The Great Chronicler of English Voyages and the Early Global Reach of the English Language

Nov 23, 2025
Birth of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863 – 1944) – The Anthologist Who Helped Define the Canon of English Poetry

Nov 21, 2025
Birth of W. S. Gilbert (1836 – 1911) – The Master of English Comic Verse and Satirical Operetta

Nov 18, 2025
Birth of Henry Green (1905 – 1973) – The Quiet Modernist of English Prose

Oct 29, 2025
Kings, Rulers ….and Autocrats

Oct 25, 2025
Birth of Flann O’Brien (Brian O’Nolan) (1911–1966) – The Trickster of English Metafiction

Oct 5, 2025
Greville’s Austere Voice

Oct 3, 2025
The Bard in Mallarmé

Sep 27, 2025
Remembering Samuel Johnson

Sep 18, 2025
Reading Red Shelley

Sep 13, 2025

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