Le Sirfesseur en France


1845-1945, Historical Work, Malfew Seklew, Trevor Blake

Memorial de la Loire et de Haute-Lore, March 13th, 1914, page 6: ACHETEUR DE TRESSES De soie artificielie désire entrer en relations avec fabricants de ces articles. S’adr. avec échantillons et détails a M. Seklew et Cie, 11 Chester St. Oxford Rd., Manchester, Angleterre. BUYER OF BRAIDS Artificial silk Wants to get in touch with […]

October 1, 2019

Wilson’s Blogmanac on Australian Radicals


1845-1945, Ragnar Redbeard, Trevor Blake

JA Andrews, forgotten Australian radical intellectual 1865 JA Andrews (John Arthur Andrews; Jack Andrews; d. 1903), Australian anarchist writer and pamphleteer, probably the most important of the group which came together in the Melbourne Anarchist Club. Henry Lawson knew him (c. 1892) when Andrews was 27 and campaigning in Sydney (for which he ended up […]

July 2, 2019

Dil Pickle Club Versus K. K. K.


1845-1945, Trevor Blake

BISHOP FALLOWS RAKES K. K. K. BEFORE DILL PICKLE CLUB “The Ku Klux Klan strikes at the heart of American democracy; it is playing to men’s baser passions,” declared Bishop Samuel Fallows, presiding bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church, before 200 persons at the revived Dill Pickle club in Tooker alley, last night. A third […]

April 17, 2019