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A Blast From The Past

Oddities, striking characters and incidents, strange days... this is history with all the interesting bits left in, by the author of Batavia's Graveyard, Tulipomania and The First Family.

  • By Mike Dash
  • Based in United Kingdom
  • First post on

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Jan 2022 0
Feb 2022 0
Mar 2022 1
Apr 2022 0
May 2022 0
Jun 2022 0
Jul 2022 0
Aug 2022 0
Sep 2022 0
Oct 2022 0
Nov 2022 0
Dec 2022 0
Jan 2023 0
Feb 2023 0
Mar 2023 0
Apr 2023 0
May 2023 0
Jun 2023 0
Jul 2023 0
Aug 2023 0
Sep 2023 0
Oct 2023 0
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Dec 2023 0

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Most recent posts

The Sin-Eaters (a preview)
Many apologies to subscribers who received a notification of a new post earlier today. Unfortunately this was an error on my part. I was working on an upcoming essay and managed to hit the “publish” …
On , by Mike Dash, 795 words
The Twopenny Hangover
The image above shows a recreation of what is supposed to be a “twopenny hangover“. It’s a term increasingly commonly found on Google, and it purports to describe a type of cheap Victorian-era doss-house in …
On , by Mike Dash, 2,804 words
Ask Mike
For almost three years now, while my other responsibilities have prevented me from updating the main blog as I would wish to, I’ve been adding material to this site on a new page, “Ask Mike,” …
On , by Mike Dash, 185 words