Monday, 31 October 2016

19thc Art

"Indian and French Canadian, Market Place, Quebec" by John Crawford Young (1825-1827) at the National Gallery of Canada,

THE GAINSBOROUGH PACKET Featuring Sam Lee

Jubilo recommended this - pretty good if you like folk music.

Monday, 24 October 2016

Classics Illustrated Last of the Mohicans

Go here for the whole comic online
Thomas Payton and Gary Zaboly  were talking about this earlier and it really is worth going and having a look. Excellent artwork. Artist is 'John Severin...a Member of the Company of Military Historians', Gary said.

Monday, 17 October 2016

Book review

Backs to the Wall: The Battle of Sainte-Foy and the Conquest of Canada
By D. Peter MacLeod
Douglas & McIntyre
253 pp.; $34.95
Review here

Defending Fort Stanwix

 Old Fort Niagara has a free zoom lecture for this on the 21 November. Check the webpage.  In Defending Fort Stanwix , William L. Kidder tel...