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Charlie Chaplin’s 100 Year Old Tramp
Some movie characters can transcend through time and rightfully claim their place in the pantheon of popular culture and one such character which has achieved this is Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp.
One hundred years ago the world was first…
Andrew George Scott, ‘Captain Moonlite’
The jolly scofflaw is a common figure of admiration in society. The outlaws of Sherwood Forest, the highwaymen of Regency England, the outlaws of the Wild West, the “apaches” of the Parisien underworld, all enjoyed the glory of living…
Aleister Crowley, “the wickedest man in the world”
There are names we all recognise, even if what we know about them is entirely wrong. So it is with Aleister Crowley. Sometimes described as a Satanist , and during his lifetime labelled “the wickedest man in the world” , in truth…
Maurice or The Fisher’s Cot: a long lost tale by Mary Shelley
Maurice is a short three part children’s story by a writer who remains best known for the gothic horror of Frankenstein. I came upon Maurice by accident and I can hazard a guess that I am not the only gothic fiction reader who wasn’t aware…
Notorious Hotel Check-ins
I was lounging at a local bar when through the music system drifted the voice of Leonard Cohen lamenting the time he spent at New York’s Chelsea hotel. It got me thinking of other hotels that run in the same infamous vein as the Chelsea and…
Ernest Hemingway
The first thing I read by Ernest Hemingway was a short story called 'Hills Like White Elephants'. I had never read anything like it before. It kind of changed everything for me. I threw away my thesaurus that day.
Okay, I lied; I didn't…
Muddy Waters
He roller coaster/he got Muddy Waters. Not many people could pull off being one of the coolest people on the planet with a name like 'Muddy Waters'. His real name was McKinley Morganfield which I think is an infinitely cool name. I'd love…
April Applauds Andy Kaufman Alive Anniversary
Rather than simply celebrating a single fool's day in April, Headstuff.org dedicates the entire month to the world's biggest fooler, Andy Kaufman. May 16th is the 30 year mark of when he infamously “faked his death”. Since the anniversary…
My 25th of April – Italian Liberation Day
It has happened frequently to me, to celebrate this particular day not in my country. It’s like when a good friend calls you to share his happiness for a special moment in his life, and you are not there to hug him and to celebrate with…
The IRA, Sean Lemass & The FA Cup: The Story of Tom Farquharson
It is conceivably the first time the trio of ‘Sean Lemass, The IRA & The FA Cup’ have been mentioned in the same breath, but the one thing connecting them is the relatively unheard story of Dubliner Tom Farquharson.
Tom…