Airminded
Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 (mostly).
By Brett Holman.
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Looking for the mothership
The current drone panic on the eastern US seaboard – which started out in New Jersey about a month ago, but has spread to Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and even US …
By Brett Holman, 1,356 words
Alabama Yesterdays
Random wanderings through Alabama history.
By A.J. Wright.
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In These Days of Modern Times (2)
Sometimes I just like to be silly on this blog, so here we go.In October 2021 I did one of these pieces using photos of Amazon deliveries to our house. Here's the introduction:"We seem to …
By AlabamaYesterdays, 185 words
The Analog Antiquarian
Chronicles of worldly wonders.
By Jimmy Maher.
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Chapter 20: The Cebu City Massacre
April 27 – May 1, 1521 It was a disoriented, shell-shocked group of sailors who steered their longboats away from the island of Mactan and back in the direction of Cebu City. As they did …
By Jimmy Maher, 4,570 words
Antiquarian's Attic
A Farrago of Antiquities routed out of the Rusts and Crusts and Fusts of Time!
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Updated 11 months ago
Thetford Priory
The remains of The Cluniac Priory of Our Lady of Thetford The Cluniac Priory of Our Lady, Thetford, was first founded on the Suffolk side of the Little Ouse river by Roger Bigod in the …
ArcheoThoughts
Andre Costopoulos, University of Alberta.
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Graham Hancock on the Joe Rogan Experience, October 2024: evidence, and the archaeological imagination
Graham Hancock was again a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience on October 17th, presumably in support of the release of season two (The Americas) of his Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse on October 16th. The …
By Andre Costopoulos, 2,358 words
ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly
History, art history and architecture of Britain & Empire, Europe, Mediterranean & North America, 1640-1940.
By Hels.
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Saving Tasmania's aboriginals: Truganini
Truganini in shell necklace, 1866 - jpgin The AustralianTruganini (1812-76) was born on Bruny Island Tasmania near the mouth of the Derwent River, in her tribal territory. Truganini was a daughter of the leader of …
At the Pictures
About cinemagoing in the past.
By Lawrence.
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British Silent Film Festival Symposium 2024
This popular annual event returns to KCL on 17th May 2024. This one day event features a range of papers of original research in all areas of film culture in Britain and areas affected by …
Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog
The outlandish, the anomalous and the curious from the last five thousand years.
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Are Mermaids Fairies?
Chris starts our new podcast episode (Mermaid 101) with this question (see title) and I answer ‘yes’. Mermaids (which have featured for over a decade on this site) are social supernatural beings who happen to …
By Beachcombing, 59 words
Beth's Bobbins
Living history and historic costuming, with a particular focus on women's clothing and hairstyles of the Victorian and American Civil War periods.
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Original: Black Crepe Bonnet, c.1880s
Bonnet, 1880s, from LACMA. I selected this bonnet because I like how the crepe photographed, with its diagonal stripes coming through clearly. The bonnet's plain aesthetic is suited to the purported use as a mourning …
Bill Petro Blog
Writes about History, Popular Culture, Tech Trends, and Travel.
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Interview: Why Care About Church History?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInterview: Why Care About Church History? I was recently interviewed on Lisa Anderson’s Boundless podcast. She asked me several questions about the value of studying the history of Christianity over just …
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.
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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” …
Book and Sword – pontifex minimus
By Sean Manning.
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CFP: Many Faces of War V, and WAWIC 2025
Two conferences on ancient warfare will be held in the northern part of the United States next spring or summer. Jeffrey Rop and Lennart Gilhaus are organizing the next War in the Ancient World International …
Brian Sandberg: Historical Perspectives
Resources for Historical Thinking.
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DNA Studies of Pompeii Victims
New DNA studies have been done the remains of residents of Pompeii who were killed in the disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 Common Era (CE). The findings challenge previous interpretations about the identities …
By briansandberg, 218 words
The British Newspaper Archive Blog
Amazing finds and news from over 300 years of historical newspapers.
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Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week
This week at The Archive we have put in a sterling effort as we have now reached over 87 million pages, having added 299,609 brand new pages in all, alongside two brand new titles (the …
By Rose Staveley-Wadham, 1,600 words
A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
A look at history and popular culture.
By Bret C Devereaux.
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment …
By Bret Devereaux, 8,423 words
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Daily entries from the 17th century London diary.
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Wednesday 18 December 1661
At the office upon business extraordinary all the morning, then to my Lady Sandwich’s to dinner, whither my wife, who had been at the painter’s, came to me, and there dined, and there I left …
By Samuel Pepys, 82 words
distillatio
Medieval alchemy, chemistry related technology and random things distilled from books and artefacts.
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Athanor’s, what are they?
This post was inspired by the Turba philosophorum lecture on the 4th Feb 2022 An athanor is an alchemical furnace, but what exactly does it mean in practise? And I really do mean practise because …
By guthriestewart, 1,368 words
Dr Alun Withey
I am an academic historian of medicine and the body, and 2014 AHRC/BBC 'New Generation Thinker'.
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News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as …
By Dr Alun Withey, 119 words
Early Modern Notes
crime, women, digital history...
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Time flew
This blog is twenty years old. It’s not going away any time soon, but it’s not likely to become a hive of activity either. Not many academic history/humanities blogs I knew in 2004 are still …
By Sharon Howard, 136 words
Edwardian Promenade
Your #1 source for Edwardian history!
By Angela Tate.
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PERIOD DRAMA ALERT: THE PORTER
By Evangeline Holland, 5 words