FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION

90 YEARS OF NEW YORKER WIT. The New Yorker is celebrating its 90 th anniversary this year, so I looked at the first four issues. Her...

I AM @HISTORYCRACKS. Authors must tweet, or so I’m told, so I started tweeting a year ago and have gathered some 450 followers – thank...

HOLLYHOCK HOUSE REOPENED. Hollyhock House in Los Angeles has reopened after years of renovation work. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wrigh...

KAFKA AND THE GIANT HEDGEHOG. From Kafka’s unpublished notes (quotes in bold): There was once a village that boasted a giant hedgeh...

YOUNG KAFKA IN COMPANY: A CRITICAL OBSERVER. As a youngster, Kafka disliked being introduced to new people, and was ill at ease in compa...