The incredible true story behind brutal historical drama A Thousand Blows
A new historical drama, inspired by the lives of real people who lived in the East End of London in the 1880s, is set to blow ...
Trolling feels like a new phenomenon. But it existed long before the internet
From Beowulf to Paul Keating, trolling has a long history. Social media, however, and Donald Trump, have taken things next ...
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Why do so few wine-makers speak of love?
The American artist turns 19th-century paintings of women into celebrations of friends, family and lovers – with plenty of ...
The Viking age is welcoming a new kind of hero: women
New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place ...
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Our History: A Compass to Our Future
Part genealogy study, part haunting narrative, historian Mary Frances Berry’s new book, “Slavery After Slavery: ...
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From Wash Tubs to Union Halls: Black Women’s Legacy in the Labor Movement
In the aftermath of the Civil War, as the United States grappled with Reconstruction, Black women — both formerly ...
Spitalfields Life3d
In Celebration Of Cockney Yiddish
In The Cockney Yiddish Podcast, launching today, Professor Nadia Valman, professor of urban literature and Dr Vivi Lachs, performer, researcher & translator of Yiddish culture, explore the unknown ...
Milk won the battle against measles long before antibiotics and vaccines – Part 2
Clean milk supply skyrocketed from around 1910 The impact of milk on general life expectancy was perhaps first studied by ...
Vintage photos show what life was like under Trump's tariff hero, William McKinley
President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.
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Daniel L. Smail on Deep History, Lateral Learning, and Bike Lanes
The Professor of History sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss 19th century forgeries, his new book, and why he considers ...
How Valentine’s Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and ‘manufactured intimacy’
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...
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Gustave Caillebotte: A Fresh Lens on Masculinity in 19th-Century France
The J. Paul Getty Museum is presenting the first major exhibition of Gustave Caillebotte in the United States. Caillebotte ...