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Reading Through History
Jimmy Carter Biography
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Late, 1971-1976 - Paul Kildea and Mark Milhofer
'In the history of art late works are the catastrophes,' proposed Theodor Adorno. In this illustrated lecture Paul Kildea, author of the first major biography of Benjamin Britten in twenty years, disputes the narrative of decline that...
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Early, 1913-1945 - Paul Kildea and Mark Milhofer
On the day Penguin publishes Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century, the first major biography of Britten in twenty years, author Paul Kildea traces the emergence of the greatest English musician of the last century. In this...
The Cynical Historian
Woodrow Wilson (pt.1) | Historians Who Changed History
Time to finally tell you why I've Woodrow Wilson as a bit of a rhetorical punching bag. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. This part will cover his life and scholarship before the presidency. It's going to be quite a trip. Part 2a...
Gresham College
Darkness Audible: Benjamin Britten at 100 - Middle, 1945-1970 - Dr Paul Kildea
The success of Peter Grimes caught Britten by surprise. It gave him enormous capital, but for the most part he chose to spend it outside London, away from the emerging music institutions the new Labour government was determined would...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: John J Muth
Jon J Muth begins each day doing giant brush drawings on the floor of his studio to loosen up his arm and generate a sense of "still-pointedness". He then moves to the more specific tasks of painting the pages in his books. For his 2006...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Robert Sabuda
Robert Sabuda is a self-taught pop-up book artist who is well-known for his three-dimensional books. Elaborate dinosaurs leap off the page. Colorful Christmas trees rise up and blink. Knights in shining armor joust before the king and...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Denise Fleming
As a young girl, Denise Fleming spent many hours in her father's workshop cutting, gluing, carving, and building things. Today she spends those hours in her own workshop making the paper that she uses to illustrate her picture books. Her...