Tag Archives: history

Art & Photography. . .

Posted on February 10, 2019 by randallwrites

Greetings, The short version—no one needs the long version, least of all me—is that I have a beautiful, eccentric collection of books (photography, art, illustrated history, books about Hollywood, books about places, etc.) for sale. (See tag: Economic Reality.) Below … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: The Promise

Posted on January 31, 2019 by randallwrites

The Promise Love and Loss in Modern China By Xue Xinran Translated by William Spence Out 7th February from I. B. Tauris £17.99 hardback Knowing the dates of battles, rattling off royal lines of succession, and memorising the names of … Continue reading →

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And so to bed…

Posted on May 1, 2016 by randallwrites

What a lot of history lives in this photograph. That table, bottom right? My mother bought it during the 1960s or 1970s, somewhere in Stony Brook, where we had been living since 1965. It was covered in high gloss paint … Continue reading →

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