Art and Architecture, mainly

Crocodile Dundee was the second-highest-grossing film in the U.S in 1986 , and stood as the highest-grossing non-U.S. film ever at the Amer...

The C17th  fur trade became a major commercial growth in Nth Am­erica , due to Eur­ope’s dem­and for beaver hats. Two French trad­ers pl­a...

Born Nigel Neill in 1947 in Omagh, Nth Ireland to an English mother and a New Zealand father serving in the British army. His family moved ...

20th explorers on their way to Antarctica, incl­uding Ernest Shackle­ton , often vis­it­ed NZ . They used local ports and quar­antine islan...

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1915 Wiki Pastry Cook of Cagnes, 1922  The Guardian Grotesque self portrait, c1923 Musée d'Art Moderne de Par...

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was born in Paris , son of banker Augustin De Gas. At 11 Degas enrolled in Lycée Louis-le-Grand , graduating in 1853...

A  flock of 20,000 hungry emus WA, 1932 photo credit: Footnoting History   In the years following WW1 , the Australian Government struggled ...

Thanks to Ted Geier  for the amazing history of Smithfield Market, London . The first written record of a weekly live stock market was 1174 ...

The Edwardian era was always my favourite to read and write about. Health care services improved, mortality declined, literacy spread widel...