For the first time in six weeks, I finally have the time to sit down and write for The Oakland Post. In May, when final exams ...

During the war, the Thuilliers’ yard became a makeshift studio. Eventually, they painted a backdrop featuring classical ...

The history of the world is far deeper, broader, and stranger than just political backstabbing, epic battles, and dusty ...

PTA chairman David Davis said: "In Edwardian days, collecting postcards was seen by many to be the main hobby in the country." The association has decided to mark its significant birthday with a ...

Postcard from Cannes #3: Surfing a wave of French cinematic nostalgia American director Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague and Sylvain Chomet’s Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol – both of which ...

American director Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague and Sylvain Chomet’s Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol – both of which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival at the weekend – prove that the art of making ...

Over a hundred postcards have been "secretly" delivered to addresses across the city for residents to "treasure." Earlier this week, the ECHO reported how a fascinating postcard which was written ...

Edward Gorey’s work, distinctly Edwardian, was never gory. True, he populated his curious tales with stoic victims of misfortune — among the childhood fatalities alphabetized in 1963’s “The ...

Painting of a reclining cat (Credit: Courtesy of the Edwardian Postcard Project, Lancaster University) "Some things persist across generations and media, and depictions of cats are one of those ...