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The First Black Archaeologist
23 October 2022Born to slaves in 1863, John Wesley Gilbert was the first student of the Paine Institute, a graduate of Brown University, and the first black...
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Linoleum
23 October 2022Linoleum, or “lino”, once ruled the world (of flooring). It appeared everywhere from the Titanic to your gran’s kitchen. But where did it...
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King Charles VI of France
22 October 2022On 21 October 1422 - 600 years ago - King Charles VI of France died at the age of 53 after reigning for 42 years. He was known as both Charles le...
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The Grisly Deaths of Kings & Queens
21 October 2022Did Henry VIII really have syphilis? Who died from a red hot poker up the bum? And which king was taken down by a school of fish?
To learn...
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First Indochina War: Dien Bien Phu
21 October 2022The siege of Dien Bien Phu took place in 1954 and was a definitive victory for Vietnam. Although the battle brought an end to French colonial...
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The Battle of Trafalgar
20 October 2022On 21 October 1805, A British fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson met the combined might of the French and Spanish fleets off the coast...
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CIA: The History
20 October 2022When the Central Intelligence Agency was created by President Truman in 1947, it was the latest incarnation of an American intelligence-gathering...
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Eustace Chapuys: Ambassador to the Tudor Court
20 October 2022Historians would be completely lost without the colourful, crucial insights of Eustace Chapuys, the Spanish Ambassador to Henry VIII's court from...
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Virgil
20 October 2022One of Antiquity's greatest poets, Virgil's legacy is seen across history. Following in the footsteps of his predecessor's Homer and Hesiod -...
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FORENSICS: The Beginning
19 October 2022Death by tiger bites. Death by prodding. Death from sexual excess. Deaths from over-eating and over-drinking. The opening of graves.
These...
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How The Victorians Took Us To The Moon
19 October 2022If a Victorian met Elon Musk they would completely get him. The world’s richest man, determined to use technology that doesn’t yet exist to...
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Mary Seacole: Doctress of the Crimean War
18 October 2022Born Mary Jane Grant in the colony of Kingston, Jamaica, in November 1805, Mary would later become a businesswoman, traveller and healer....
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