Cato St 205th anniversary an alternative tradition of protest It is 205 years since the Cato St conspiracy was ‘uncovered’ on 23rd February 1820 and the leaders duly despatched at the scaffold or to Australia It warrants a section in E P Thompson’s classic account of the Making of the English Working Class (1963) but until […]
Cato St 23rd February 1820. An alternative tradition of protest
A new year has begun and, despite the many tragedies unfolding across the globe, I cannot help but be hopeful. One future prospect buoying my spirits is the publication of Vernon Duke‘s Passport to Paris and Los Angeles Poems by Paul Dry Books. Already available for pre-order, the volume brings together Duke‘s lively memoir—in which […]
“I Felt I’d Paid Fat Cupid Plenty”: Vernon Duke Falls in Love
Tamara Andreeva in 1930 Nearly a decade ago, writing for the Los Angeles Review of Books, of which I was not yet the editor, I reported on some of the earliest discoveries I made on my long search for the voices of LA’s Russophone past. Among them was the journal The Land of Columbus (Zemlya […]
“To Cry a While in the Wind”: Tamara Andreeva Comes to Los Angeles
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