A symbol of medieval madness: The Salem Witch Trials.
A horrible incident of foul gossip in 1692 resulted in twenty people being executed and more than two hundred peopleContinue Reading
Category: History
Peace in Ireland?: The Good Friday Agreement.
The twentieth century saw some of the worst political violence in Northern Ireland, between 1969 and 1999, where almost someContinue Reading
Today in History: The discovery of the statue of Venus de Milo.
One Hundred and ninety-eight years ago today, on the April 8th 1820, the statue of Venus de Milo was discovered by aContinue Reading
Madness, hysteria, panic and Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds.
In the first half of the twentieth century, the radio ruled the air waves in homes around the world. AnContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The arrival of the Croats at the Adriatic Sea’ by Oton Ivekovic, 1905.
Oton Ivekovic (1869-1939) stands as one of the most popular turn-of-the-century Croatian painters alongside of great artists such as VlahoContinue Reading
Will the real Lady Godiva please raise your hand?
Did the real Lady Godiva actually ride through Coventry naked is a question that we have all been asking forContinue Reading
Messing with genetics: Dolly “the world’s most famous sheep”.
Twenty-one years ago, on July 5th1996, Dolly the sheep was born at the Scottish Roslin institute, near Edinburgh. Her birthContinue Reading
Three days at Gettysburg.
It is often said that the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War began almost by accident when a limpingContinue Reading
The Prophecies of St. Malachy (revisited)
Prophecies or doomsday scenarios have been laden throughout history by civilisations and prophets, the most famous of these arguably Nostradamus.Continue Reading
Empress Pulcheria: A woman truly ahead of her time.
One might wonder what the early fifth century Byzantine world would have been like if Aelia Pulcheria was not aroundContinue Reading
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