History
Once upon a time, when the world was a lot smaller and gods had the decency to meddle in human affairs openly, there was…
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History
What did Tudors eat for breakfast? Depends who you ask. If you time-travelled back to the 1500s expecting a pain au chocolat and a…
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History
What is medieval battering ram? It’s not a metaphor, it’s not a riddle, and it certainly isn’t a polite tool for negotiation. It’s a…
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History
Right, so let me tell you a tale that starts not in a sleek rocket lab, but in a bit of a panic. The…
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History
You haven’t really lived until you’ve queued behind a man in a parka and snow goggles, clutching a postcard with frostbitten fingers, waiting to…
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History
Say the name Jonathan Swift and you might hear a faint chuckle roll across the centuries. The man behind Gulliver’s Travels wasn’t just some…
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History
You know you’ve made it in history when people start calling you “The Magnificent.” Suleiman I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, wore that title…
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History
Of all the headlines that could have appeared in the late Victorian papers, one might have hoped for a rousing, full-day affair if the…
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History
Creating peace through grammar might sound like something out of a satirical novel, but once upon a time, the world got very close to…
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History
The medieval recipe for flying sounds like it should involve a bubbling cauldron, a witch’s curse, a thunderous chant in Latin, and at least…
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