Reading Time: 4 minutes Comedy masters Laurel and Hardy are the subject of a new biopic that tells a story of triumph and despair
Tag: Biography in Books
Harry Truman completely unprepared for his accidental presidency
Reading Time: 4 minutes The inauspicious heir to the White House had planned to play poker the night Roosevelt died. Instead, he became president
When an intellectual cozies up to dictators
Reading Time: 3 minutes Democracy is anathema for those convinced of the correctness of their views, the righteousness of their morality and the superiority of their intelligence
America’s first ethnic working-class hero
Reading Time: 3 minutes An Irish-American Catholic, champion boxer John L. Sullivan rose to popularity from modest roots
John F. Kennedy: an anglophile for all seasons
Reading Time: 4 minutes The storied president was more English than Irish, despite being seen as the ultimate symbol of Irish-American success and social acceptance
Political “wobbles” prove politics really is a blood sport
Reading Time: 3 minutes Theresa May’s recent political “wobble” brings to mind Margaret Thatcher and the 1987 British election, which she won in spite of herself
The Road to Camelot offers fresh insights into JFK mythology
Reading Time: 3 minutes 2017 is John F. Kennedy’s centenary year and a new book offers a deep dive into the details of his successful 1960 U.S. presidential campaign
Patti Smith tracks rock heroes’ slide into ‘careerism’
Reading Time: 4 minutes Too many of today’s music stars have strayed into careerism and away from the revolutionary values that many of them began with
Christmas books for the history buff
Reading Time: 3 minutes If your Christmas shopping list includes a history buff, here’s a handful of 2015 titles that will definitely solve your problem