Literary Historian Mugs

Rudyard Kipling.

Florence Dombey

Machado de Assis

If the Brontë sisters wrote science fiction

History of the Ebook

Kit in jail

Frontispiece to the third volume of 'Master Humphrey's Clock'

Proceedings of the club

Solemn reference is made to Mr. Bunsby

Secret intelligence

Another Protestant

Trilby - 'Vite! Vite! Un commissaire de police!'

Erich Maria Remarque.

Theodore Dreiser.

Jonathan Swift

No, you idiots, they don't include a "comments" section.

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

Trump Administration Raising White Flag in Ukraine

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"You're fired."

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

The Signing of tthe United States Constitution

'The History Channel is all reruns.'

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

Gender Equality

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

Who will determine Venezuela's future?

'It's a nice idea. A bit rough around the edges but I'm sure it will evolve given time.'

Albania and North Macedonia: entrance denied

Great Chinese Dynasties

'What would your mum say if she saw you drawing all over the wall like that?'

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.