Catherine Nicholson

1 month ago | nybooks.com | Catherine Nicholson

John Milton wrote The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth in early February 1660, in a final, furious attempt to persuade Parliament not to end England’s turbulent, eleven-year experiment in self-governance.

Nov 28, 2024 | society19.com | Catherine Nicholson

As a husky, I guess I’m being a bit bias when I say UConn is the best place on earth. Between awesome ice cream, crazy basketball games, and being surrounded by your friends, it really doesn’t get much better than this. But hey, if I can’t convince you, I’ll give you this to help my case: 15 photos our fellow huskies took around our awesome campus that prove why being a Husky is the best. Looking at these, I wish winter break will just end so I can be back at UConn like tomorrow.

Nov 7, 2024 | vam.ac.uk | Catherine Nicholson

Myths and Muses: Queering the V&A is a new film created by 10 queer artists, supported by the V&A Young People’s team. The work invites viewers to follow mysterious characters on an intimate, reflective journey through the museum. We use third-party platforms (including Soundcloud, Spotify and YouTube) to share some content on this website. These set third-party cookies, for which we need your consent. If you are happy with this, please change your cookie consent for Targeting cookies.

May 30, 2024 | nybooks.com | Catherine Nicholson

“I daily listen to your words with more attention than one would believe, and perhaps I shall not be thought impertinent in wishing to be heard by you,” wrote the Italian poet Petrarch in 1348. His addressee was the Roman philosopher Seneca, who had died nearly thirteen centuries before.

Oct 28, 2023 | nybooks.com | Jana Prikryl |Catherine Nicholson

This year marks exactly four centuries since the publication of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, the giant two-volume set of thirty-six plays that reframed his work in “overtly literary terms,” as Catherine Nicholson puts it in our Sixtieth Anniversary Issue.