Boston 1775

Today, after a gap of more than four months , I’m picking up the story of the British author Catharine Macaulay . To catch us up, I’ll quo...

And still speaking of Horace Walpole , Lady Louisa Stuart , daughter of the Earl of Bute , had more to say about him. In 1837, Lady Louisa...

Speaking of Horace Walpole , last week I received a packet of postcards from Strawberry Hill, that gentleman’s British estate, in thanks for...

A couple of news stories about British art caught my eye recently. In 1727 Sir Robert Walpole , then defining the post of prime minister, ...

I’m sure everyone reading this has sampled several early American history podcasts. There really is a plethora of them, from both individual...