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Your Slightly Bizarre History Lesson for April 7, 2010
Pencils ready, class? OK, let’s get started. It’s the birthday of the match. On this day in 1827, English chemist John Walker sold the first friction match. Fire-makers in various forms… more →
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The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders
wrote 10 months ago: I don’t know about you but I don’t read a lot of non-fiction. In fact, I hardly read any non-fictio … more →
In Brief -- New Books from Gabrielle Hamilton, Meg Howrey, and Frances Stonor Saunders
wrote 1 year ago: The memoir-in-food is something of a cliché at this point, but Gabrielle Hamilton’s new book B … more →
A head turn that ruined the twentieth century
wrote 1 year ago: If you want to rewrite the history of Western Europe in the 1920s then you could do a lot worse than … more →
Quick Link | Top 5 Irish people who almost changed history « Irish History Podcast
wrote 1 year ago: The Irish History podcast is a great resource. Another smashing post today! In true European colonia … more →
Top 5 Irish people who almost changed history
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wrote 1 year ago: Top 5 Irish people who almost changed history. The individual stories behind an Irish assassin, a re … more →
Your Slightly Bizarre History Lesson for April 7, 2010
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wrote 2 years ago: Pencils ready, class? OK, let’s get started. It’s the birthday of the match. On this d … more →
The lamb roared: Quotes from March
wrote 2 years ago: Read a luscious edition of the The Guardian Weekly in March. Didn’t know where to look first, … more →
