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Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

Robin Jackson explores the life and extraordinary range of work of 20th century German artist Hermann Gross

November 11, 2024
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt on on a horse

8 Surprising Fun Facts about Presidents and Sports

by Rivers Gambrell 1. Richard Nixon turned down an invitation from Esquire to cover Super Bowl VII President Nixon’s knowledge of pro football was held in such regard that the men’s magazine asked if he would pen an analysis of…

Kevin Worrall
November 1, 2022

Q&A with Mark Mclay, author of ‘The Republican Party and the War on Poverty: 1964–1981’

Tell us a bit about your book. My book is on recent American political history. It examines the Republican Party’s challenge to Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’. It shows that leading Republicans – most notably President Ronald…

Kirsty Crosbie
May 11, 2021

Photograph of President Johnson at an NSC meeting in 1966. He sits in the middle with two men either side. He looks bored.

The Past as Prologue on Presidential Privilege

As the Mueller investigation comes to a close, Kevin M. Baron looks to the history of the Freedom of Information Act and finds that the battle between Congress and the White House is nothing new.

Naomi Farmer
May 13, 2019

Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

8 Surprising Fun Facts about Presidents and Sports

Q&A with Mark Mclay, author of ‘The Republican Party and the War on Poverty: 1964–1981’

The Past as Prologue on Presidential Privilege

Hermann Gross: a protean German Expressionist artist who chose to live and work in the north of Scotland

‘Beware of the ninnies!’ – Thoughts on ballet history

5 things you might not expect of Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East

An Interview with David Rando, author of On Fiction and Being a Good Animal

Chrystal Macmillan: champion for women’s equality, peace and justice