Sir,—Further to Tim Carey’s article on cartoonist Alan Reeve (HI 32.1, Jan./Feb. 2024), the catalogue of the National Library of New Zealand includes among the Reeve papers an item with restricted viewing. This is a collection of 29 erotic cartoons, comprising ‘5 pencil, 1 watercolour and 23 ink cartoons drawn on paper of various sizes … Read more
Sir,—Madeline O’Neill’s article on Colonel Maurice Moore (HI 32.1, Jan./Feb. 2024) was informative in the assessment of his work during the second Anglo-Boer War, but she seemed to elide the extent of his radical turn as the Home Rule crisis deepened in the build-up to the First World War. He was the most senior military … Read more
Sir,—Charles Lysaght’s article (HI 31.6, Nov./Dec. 2023) on the occupation of the Kildare Street Club in May 1922 by anti-Treaty forces reminded me of the experiences of my great-aunt, Jean Montgomery, in Trinity College shortly afterwards, though her problems came from the other side. Miss Montgomery, from County Antrim and an ardent unionist, was appointed … Read more