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Cool Image from page 157 of “King’s handbook of Springfield, Massachusetts : a series of monographs, historical and descriptive” (1884) image

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Cost of living crisis: historical evidence suggests voters could quickly turn against Tories

Cost of living crisis: historical evidence suggests voters could quickly turn against Tories: Rishi Sunak: the lightbulbs are coming for you. HM Treasury/ Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND After years of being relatively low, inflation is now re-emerging with a vengeance. The Bank of England expects it to rise to more than 7% by the spring of …

Munich – The Edge of War: women in historical films are too often unrealistic

Munich – The Edge of War: women in historical films are too often unrealistic: In September 1938, Britain, Germany, Italy and France met in Munich as a new European war loomed. Hitler was demanding to annex the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia so in a bid to avoid war the Four Powers Agreement was signed and …

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Stop Cheapening Important Historical Terms

South Africa in the news: Stop Cheapening Important Historical Terms: Sharansky’s concern regarding the misuse of the term “Refuseniks” brings to mind the frequent misuse by Israel-haters, particularly on social media, of terms like “apartheid” or “genocide” in order to …: “South Africa” – BingNews Sri Lanka and Australia look to carry on Super 12 …

German Sellers Hit Mipcom With Lots of High-End Crime and Historical Series

South Africa in the news: German Sellers Hit Mipcom With Lots of High-End Crime and Historical Series: German sellers returning to Cannes’s Mipcom TV mart will be packing a wide selection of domestic and international TV fare heavy on high-end crime and historical series. With a market that has become …: “South Africa” – BingNews …

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Walter Scott at 250: so much more than a great historical novelist

Walter Scott at 250: so much more than a great historical novelist: shutterstock Ulmus Media/Shutterstock Wander through Edinburgh and you will find glimpses of Scotland’s most famous novelist, Walter Scott, everywhere: pubs named after characters or places in his books, his walking cane and slippers in The Writers’ Museum, and snippets of his work adorning …

We archived 84 million tweets to learn about the pandemic – each one is a tiny historical document

We archived 84 million tweets to learn about the pandemic – each one is a tiny historical document: DisobeyArt/Shutterstock The first tweet that the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care published about its new coronavirus testing regime came on January 25 2020. Less than a week later, the department tweeted its first announcement of …

Anne Boleyn: in defence of historical inaccuracy

Anne Boleyn: in defence of historical inaccuracy: Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn. Channel 5/PA The Channel 5 historical drama series Anne Boleyn, directed by Lynsey Miller, stars black British actor Jodie Turner-Smith as the Tudor queen consort at the height of her power and influence, shortly before her dramatic fall and execution in May 1536. …

Two Films Show the Historical Toll and Present Danger of Ethnic Violence

South Africa in the news: Two Films Show the Historical Toll and Present Danger of Ethnic Violence: With ethnic tensions in the USA much in evidence as witnessed by attacks on Asian Americans, increased antisemitism, and continuing Trumpian white resentment against minorities and immigrants, two …: “South Africa” – BingNews T20 leagues serious threat to …

Landing on Mars: the historical missions that failed and the ones that made it

Landing on Mars: the historical missions that failed and the ones that made it: IPGP/Nicolas Sarter, CC BY-SA China’s rover Zhurong, named after the mythological fire god, successfully touched down on Mars on May 14 – the first time that China has successfully landed a rover on the red planet. On May 19, China’s National …

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