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Category Archives: History
Haunted Library
Who doesn’t love an old fashioned haunted library. I recently learned about the library at Felbrigg Hall, a 17th-century country house in Norfolk, England that is home to a genuine bibliophile ghost. Set in a grand National Trust country home, … Continue reading
Museums About Everything
If you visit TBTP regularly, you are probably aware that I have a bit of a museum obsession. In fact, it’s been said that I never miss the opportunity to visit a museum no matter how small or obscure. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, History, Museums, Tourism
Tagged Beats, New Orleans, Travel website, Websites
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Book of Kells
One of the highlights of a trip to Dublin for any bibliophile is a visit to the magnificent Trinity College Library. And the most popular attraction in the library is the amazing 9th century Book of Kells. The devotional text … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Tourism
Tagged Book of Kells, Dublin, illuminated manuscripts, Ireland
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“LIBRARIAN – HAPPY EASTER X”
“LIBRARIAN – HAPPY EASTER X”, just three words and a signature X was all it took to once again open one of Britain’s most intriguing literary mysteries of the 21st century. In November 2000, a pair of notebooks belonging to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Museums, Writing
Tagged Britain, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Science, UK
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NYC Coffee Culture
There have been coffee houses in New York City since the Dutch “bought” Manhattan from the local Algonquins. One of the first successfull coffeeshop chains actually predated Starbucks by half a century and surprisingly had an intimate connection to the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, History, Restaurants, South America, USA
Tagged coffee shops, Manhattan, NYC, Teddy Roosevelt
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Never Again Is Now
The “Never Again Gallery” project is an online effort by 20+ Ukrainian artists that uses the similarities between the visual campaigns that persuaded people in Allied nations during WWII and the messaging we see daily today regarding Russia’s invasion of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History
Tagged poster art, Propaganda, Russia, Ukraine, World War II
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The Conjure-Man Dies
“The Conjure-Man Dies” is a product of the Harlem Renaissance and the most important work of long-overlooked writer Rudolph Fisher. First published in 1932, the book was the first full-length mystery novel to feature an all-Black cast of characters, including … Continue reading
Plaque to the Future
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is rightly proud of its rich history. To mark historic sites and events more than 2,300 blue and gold plaques have been erected around the State. Fittingly, the City of Philadelphia has more than 300 of … Continue reading
In-flight Entertainment
On this date in 1925, the first in-flight film was shown on an airplane on an Imperial Airways flight. The film was The Lost World, one of the first science-fiction films. Based on a 1912 Arthur Conan Doyle novel, it … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Books, Europe, Film, History, movies, Public Transport, Tourism, USA, Writing
Tagged Air Lines, Arthur Conan Doyle, stop-motion
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Travel Between The Pages 