History

Information about the first Chinese immigrants to the United States is generally difficult to acquire, due to the scarcity and unpredictability of finding reliable records. Most sources agree, though, that the earliest woman of Chinese…

History in February: It’s the month of Valentine’s Day, usually the month of Ash Wednesday – hence Pancake Tuesday – and every four years, the 29th of February, when women traditionally can propose to the man of their choice. But what else…

As if it weren't a busy enough month already, what with partying, buying presents, meeting up with old mates, thinking of excuses to avoid tedious familial gatherings ... there's so much history in December! Here's the first of Headstuff's…

Over the course of 16 years, John Connolly has infused his Charlie Parker books with gothic charm and supernatural happenings while still managing to retain the integrity and expected formula associated with crime fiction. He's been…

Val Logsdon Fitch, (10 March 1923 - 5 February 2015), Particle Physicist and Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, 1980. Died aged 91. “At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential…

This month former Saturday Night Live writer Bob Odenkirk stars in one of the most anticipated American dramas of recent years ‘Better Call Saul’. Nowadays (thanks to the proliferation of online streaming and torrent platforms) the whole…

So you may have noticed there’s a little thing coming up on Saturday where people are going to go out for a fancy dinner, give one another roses, eat some chocolate and get laid. But just because you don’t have a main squeeze, just because…

There were few women who had the chance to make their mark on the Italian art world, but Artemisia Gentileschi was definitely one of them. During her lifetime she was the first woman admitted to the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in…

Last year, I wrote an article for Headstuff about one of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s books, her only children’s novel Maurice. In so doing, I realised that perhaps I should have begun with her mother Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1795) since…

Only one Vice President of the USA ever killed a man while in office. Only one ex-Vice President of the USA was ever tried for treason. Aaron Burr was so divisive a figure that after his vice presidency was ended the rules were changed…