Horatio Nelson is almost certainly the most famous sailor from the British Isles, if not…
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Ghost Towns are strangely haunting to us. The empty buildings, which we know to be…
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In the second in this series which seeks to understand the life of a great…
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History
The Haitian Revolution: How Did an Enslaved Island Defeat Two Empires?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriThe Haitian Revolution has been described as the largest and most successful slave revolt in…
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Throughout his life, D.H. Lawrence was a controversial figure. A gifted writer to some, a…
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Archaeology
The Tiara of Saitaferne: Priceless Treasure or Modern Error?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriIn April 1896 the illustrious Louvre Museum in Paris made an announcement that shook the…
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HistoryMyths & Legends
Was the Mystical French Oriflamme Undefeatable?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriThe Oriflamme was the sacred red and gold banner of St Dennis, the patron saint…
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World War I, or the “Great War,” was one of the first global conflicts that…
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The Christmas truce has become one of the most mythologized and romanticized memories of the…
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Most people would imagine war heroes as humans with a penchant for battle. Irrespective of…
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Martial prowess has long been the deciding factor in sorting the winners and the losers…
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Genius is, thankfully, often recognized within the person’s lifetime and many famous people were widely…
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Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist who became one of the most famous…
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For a person’s misdeeds to truly stand out during the atrocities of WW2 they must…
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Football! The beautiful game, far more important than life and death to millions of people…