Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher: an incoherent mess of references that fails to honour Edgar Allan Poe: This article contains spoilers Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839) is one of the most famous short stories in American literature. A tale of illness, psychosis and premature burial, the …
Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye uses a fictional whodunnit to explore the origins of Edgar Allan Poe: Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye is an artist origin story with a difference. The historical noir – set in a beautifully rendered wintry Hudson Highlands, New York – imagines what might have happened if the young Edgar Allan …
Why Edgar Lungu and his party lost Zambia’s 2021 elections: Zambia's new president Hakainde Hichilema. Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP via Getty Images Hakainde Hichilema’s election victory is the third time an opposition leader has unseated an incumbent president in Zambia since 1991. The victory bequeaths on the new president and his party, the …
GDI Lecture Series: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities with Edgar Pieterse – a Africa interest event taking place on 2019-05-08 16:30:00 in United Kingdom The Global Development Institute is pleased to host Edgar Pieterse as part of the GDI Lecture Series, talking about: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities Urban …
Edgar Heap of Birds – a Africa interest event taking place on 2018-10-17 18:00:00 in United States Cheyenne-Arapaho artist Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds earned his MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (1979) and his BFA from The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA (1976). In 2007, the National Museum of the …
Check out this Miss South Africa image: Edgar & Candice Bergen, John Daly, “What’s My Line?,” 1965 Image by classic_film This guest appearance of internationally famous ventriloquist and actor Edgar Bergen (February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) and his beautiful 19-year-old daughter, actress and fashion model Candice Bergen (b. May 9, 1946), on the …
A nice Miss South Africa image: Edgar & Candice Bergen, John Daly, “What’s My Line?,” 1965 Image by classic_film This guest appearance of internationally famous ventriloquist and actor Edgar Bergen (February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) and his beautiful 19-year-old daughter, actress and fashion model Candice Bergen (b. May 9, 1946), on the popular …