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By Francesca Lungarotti “The simplest explanation is always the most likely.” – Agatha Christie January 12th marks the 50th anniversary since Agatha Christie’s death. The Queen of Mystery, a world-renowned crime novelist born Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in Torquay, Devon, England on September 15, 1890, was one of the most influential and prolific authors of the 20th century. The […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti December 16th marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the most brilliant and emancipated English writers of all time: Jane Austen. Born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, a small village in Hampshire, Jane, the second oldest of eight children, spent her childhood and youth here inspiringly. Her father, […]
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World Typing Day began in Malaysia in 2011 and the day commemorates the Malaysian Speed Typing Contest. The invention of various kinds of typing machines was attempted throughout the 19th century but most were large and cumbersome, some resembling pianos in size and shape. All were much slower to use than handwriting. Typewriting machines as we […]
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August 3, 2024, marks one hundred years since the death of Joseph Conrad, one of English literature’s most revered writers. Born in 1857 as Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Poland, he was raised in Russia due to his father being forced into exile there. After his parents died, his uncle brought him back to Poland and had […]
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