Category Archives: Died this day
All roads lead to black decay
100 years since the death of Austrian poet Georg Trakl
The voice of hope
Espionage, revolt and scandal in the life and death of Syrian singer Asmahan
Pearls: Ludwig II
A full moon, Friday the 13th supplication from Montesquiou’s “13th Caesar” a.k.a. Rex Luna
Pearls: Ludwig II
A full moon, Friday the 13th supplication from Montesquiou’s “13th Caesar” a.k.a. Rex Luna
Dress-down Friday: Rachilde
Cross-dressing as subversion – or penny-pinching
Enemy of the average
Gathering strange flowers from Lotusland to Berlin
Dress-down Friday: Stephen Tennant
“I just go on looking at them in a dream of bliss…”
The literary lion in winter
“Where is Oscar? Where is Bosie?”
Meanwhile, on Whale Cay…
Remembering “the fastest woman on water”, Joe Carstairs
Places: Casa Grande
100 years since the death of artist and lifestyle pioneer Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach
Places: Casa Grande
100 years since the death of artist and lifestyle pioneer Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach
Mühsam meets Meyrink
“It must have been around midnight…”
Springfield Virginia
Beyond the the sleeveless green shift
Dress-down Friday: Annemarie Schwarzenbach
“Best wishes, Fritz”
Pearls: Sacheverell Sitwell
The youngest Sitwell finds room in his heart for someone other than himself
Pearls: Sacheverell Sitwell
The youngest Sitwell finds room in his heart for someone other than himself
Kubin the writer
The sole literary effort from a master of dark illustrations
Simeon Solomon | drawings
Small-scale works by the great Pre-Raphaelite artist
