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A few weeks back some literary theory friends of ours invited us to a very special edition of their annual party Twainmas, this year’s having been the 99th anniversary of Mark Twain’s death. Though we couldn’t attend – by a strange coincidence that date was also Anthony Quinn’s birthday and we’d committed to a Lawrence [...]

Today is Cinco de Mayo, which, though often construed by Americans as some lumpen Mexifest of tequilla, sombreros and other tokenistic trinkets, is acually a celebration of the Mexican victory in the Battle of Puebla over infinitely better trained and equipped, and more numerous French forces. To celebrate the holiday, Listicles looks at moments when [...]