Happy Anniversary of "The Devil's Tower" becoming a US National Monument. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/09/24/h...

Happy Birthday Lord Chesterfield. You can always depend on a parent's conditional love... conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/09/22/h...

Not the Bounty anniversary but the probably anniversary of the death of Fletcher Christian. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/t...

The Blue and the Gold. Episode Two of Pennies from Heaven Pondered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/t...

For the 50th Anniversary of Fawlty Towers, first broadcast OTD in 1975, I give you The Fawlty Code - a deliberately stupid and paranoid numerological Dan Brown thriller. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/f...

Why we love Samuel Johnson. On this his birthday. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/w...

Tobias Smollett died OTD in 1771 and I've probably been unfair to him... conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/09/17/t...

To be this good looking and yet be still generally well liked... that's some kind of measure of the man... #RIPRobertRedford

Awake my St John... Happy Birthday Lord Bolingbroke. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/a...

Trains are very safe really... RIP William Huskisson, OTD 1830. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2021/09/15/t...

OTD 2011, my Dad died. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/f...

Roald Dahl. Born OTD in 1916. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/09/13/1...

The theme tune to ‘Only Murders in the Building’ is basically ‘Stripped’ by Depeche Mode ain’t it?

The Accordion Man remembered. Episode One of Pennies from Heaven pondered. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/t...

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.

(Yet) Another big win for Fascism yesterday conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/y...

The Maharajah of Connemara. Happy Birthday Ranjitsinhji conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/09/10/t...

On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley played the Ed Sullivan Show for the First Time. Introduced by Charles Laughton. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/09/09/s...

You will not be surprised to hear this article has caused the usual suspects to accuse me of living in Dublin 4. They have not yet mentioned dinner parties, but that can only be a matter of time. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

We're looking forward to meeting incoming first-years at the Arts Subjects Talks tomorrow and Wednesday @maynoothuniversity.ie! Come and say hello! @mulibrary.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social

Sellers would have been 100 years old today. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/p...

Do not FUCK with a liberal arts professor. Happy Birthday Joshua Chamberlain conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/d...

Happy Birthday Revolver conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/08/05/h...

London after the Fire... the beginning of urban elective sociability? conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/l...

Good Night Western Empire conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/g...

"The Day War Broke Out..." conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/09/03/t...

Fresher thoughts on Silly Hat Day. University Graduations, 2025 conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/f...

Today is the anniversary of Cicero's first Philippic, apparently. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/c...

It's September. It's always September. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/i...

Now here's a design you don't see every day... Wordle 1,535 2/6 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A Little Touch of Harry in the Night. Age of Kings, Part 8, Reviewed. Reposted on the anniversary of Henry V's death. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/a...

Reposting on Mary Shelley's birthday. Mathilde: Mary Shelley not Roald Dahl conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2020/03/05/m...

I don't want him to be dead. I want him to face justice.

Reposting on Mary Shelley's Birthday. Let's Kill Frankenstein (and save Mary Shelley) conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/l...

It's Heaven, isn't it Richard Attenborough? Born OTD. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/i...

John Betjeman was born OTD in 1906. Remembering the hypnotic dread that is "Archibald". conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/h...

"I just figured my personal reputation was so low that I might as well go anywhere I liked..." edition.cnn.com/2025/08/26/e...

Happy Birthday Robert Walpole. Miss you Jake Thackray. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/h...

Patenting the Motion Picture camera - on this day in 1891. "Edison's" - not Edison's. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/08/24/p...

A really heavy film. The Brutalist, belatedly reviewed. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/a...

RIP Frank O'Gorman. He was a lovely man and a brilliant historian, and I was very fortunate that he was my PhD supervisor. I will miss him. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Reposting on the anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/a...

Thomas Cranmer. The Henrician protagonist who hasn't been done yet. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/t...

The animated version of Tolkien's Return of the King - an authentic oddity conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/t...

Reflections on how to dislike politicians on the anniversary of the De Witt brothers being killed. And eaten. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2024/08/20/r...

Going for a walk with James Beattie who died OTD in 1803. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/g...

Awake my St John... Happy Birthday Lord Bolingbroke. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/a...

How do translators turn the gibberish that Trump spills from his mouth into anything that makes sense in any language. #PutinTrump

Looks like Noel Gallagher is in my local pub right now. I’m not. It’s like when my Dad narrowly missed meeting Laurel and Hardy in his local. Actually it’s nothing like that.

Beatles at Shea Stadium. 60 Years ago today. conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/b...