I’m proud to announce that our new Boston Tea Party 250th anniversary print will be the first in a series of limited edition prints marking key points in the formation of our country 250 years ago. Each will be an […]
Primordial black holes (PBHs), which are thought to have formed right after the Big Bang, may be heating up and exploding throughout the universe. These black hole explosions, powered by Hawking radiation — a quantum process where black holes generate
A £5m investment into the archives sector will unlock collections across the UK and build the skills and resilience needed to care for them into the future. The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation are delighted
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HISTORY HIT Guide to Medieval England: From the Vikings to the Tudors – and Everything in Between By Matthew Lewis with Introduction by Dan Snow Hodder & Stoughton: London, 2024ISBN: 9781399726139 Reviewed by Nicholas Morton In Medieval England Matthew Lewis
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Just like today’s fitness influencers, the celebrities of pedestrianism used their platforms to monetize, popularize and diversify walking. Edward Payson Weston attempted to walk 500 miles in six days. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper/Public domain Walking needs no publicist. The simplest,
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SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Interview: Neve Campbell, It’s her party. Scream all you want” by Janchee Dunn, Rolling Stone, Sept 18, 1997 “Wild Things” (cover story) by Benjamin Svetkey, Entertainment Weekly. 02/20/98-02/27/98, Issue 419/420 “The Lust Waltz” by Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment
MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images Hezbollah is a Lebanese paramilitary organization and political party that’s directly supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the wake of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack
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The Candidates The candidates were a reform-minded Democrat and a Reconstructionist Republican. Rutherford B. Hayes was the governor of Ohio and was the Republican candidate. His campaign focused on reform and a commitment to civil rights, particularly for African Americans
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