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309. Tintin, Nazis, & Soviets
Nov 20, 2025What was the origin story of Hergé, the Belgian illustrator who created The Adventures of Tintin? How did an unlikely friendship transform Hergé’s life and lead him to draw Tintin crying in a comic st...
308. Asterix and Obelix, Babar The Elephant, & Colonial Cartoons
Nov 18, 2025How did a story made up by a mother for her sick children turn into Babar The Elephant? Why did two immigrants to France create such a patriotically French cartoon in Asterix and Obelix? How should we...
307. Austen vs Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
Nov 13, 2025What is the true history behind the “madwoman in the attic” in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre? How was Jane Austen’s aunt deeply connected to slavery in Barbados? Who were the British heiresses who marr...
306. Joseph Conrad: From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
Nov 11, 2025How did a Polish sailor become one of the greatest writers in the English language? Why were Conrad’s parents exiled to the harsh conditions of northern Russia? Should we continue to read The Heart of...
305. Orwell: Dark Secrets, The CIA, & His Forgotten Failures (Part 4)
Nov 06, 2025Why was Orwell’s wife, Eileen, written out of his story when she co-wrote Animal Farm? How did the CIA twist the novel into anti-communist propaganda? As a writer who was so ahead of his time on imper...
304. Orwell: Animal Farm, 1984 & Totalitarian Dystopia (Part 3)
Nov 04, 2025What was the inspiration behind George Orwell’s most famous works? Why did he move to the remote Scottish island of Jura to finish writing 1984? What was Orwell’s “Snitch List” which he handed over to...
303. Orwell: Fighting Fascism In The Spanish Civil War (Part 2)
Oct 30, 2025Why did George Orwell go to Spain to fight on the Republican side against General Franco? Who saved his life when he was shot in the throat? How did internal feuds on the leftist side of the war influ...
302. Orwell: The Anti-Imperialist In India & Burma (Part 1)
Oct 28, 2025How was George Orwell’s childhood rooted in the British Empire and the opium trade in India? Why did George Orwell become a colonial police officer in Burma? When did Orwell develop his anti-imperiali...
301. Gaza: The First Arab-Israeli War & The Creation of The Gaza Strip (Part 11)
Oct 22, 2025How did neighbouring Arab nations respond to the displacement of Palestinians in 1948? Why was the future Egyptian prime minister, General Nasser, stationed in Gaza in 1948? How did the population of ...
300. Gaza: The 1948 War (Part 10)
Oct 20, 2025Why did the British decide to end their Mandate in Palestine less than three decades after it began? What was the UN Partition Plan for Palestine and why did the Zionist leadership accept it whilst th...