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By Art and Architecture, mainly on Apr 15, 2014 in: architecture, Christian, France, history, Italy
In the book A History of God, Karen Armstrong showed how, in the history of the major monotheistic traditions, the idea of God evolved over time. Of course everything has a history.. but I had never thought of “God” having one. Inevitably o...
By No wriggling out of writing woman on Apr 15, 2014 in: Book, Books, Family, History, Mental health, Reading, Religion, Writing, depression, history, Literature, mental health, research, writing
Do you believe in ghosts? Can you trust in mediums who claim to commune with the dead? In Shell Shocked Britain I look at the rise of spiritualism during and after the First World War, examining why it experienced … Continue reading U...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Apr 11, 2014 in: Britain, history
Who in their wildest nightmares thought that there would ever be a civil war in England? Who believed that a British king would ever be executed on the lawful orders of 59 judges? Who envisaged that the British Parliament could ever pass endless rest...
By Thinking Out Aloud on Apr 10, 2014 in: economics, history, policy
In 1718, after admiring how orderly his recently conquered province of Livonia was, Peter the Great (r.1682-1725) commanded an enquiry into how this was so. The enquiry found that the Swedish crown had spent as much administering...
Samurai helmets. They can be weird, they can be wonderful, they can be scary.
By Mark Wadsworth on Apr 8, 2014 in: History
From the BBC:Irish President Michael D Higgins has been welcomed to the UK by a keen local archaeologist at the start of the first state visit to Hadrian's Wall by an Irish head of state.Later he is due to visit Stonehenge and Glastonbury in the...
By Daily Salty on Apr 8, 2014 in: History
You were tiny when we went to turkey son. So I'm not sure you even recall any of that trip. Constantinople or Istanbul as it's called now, is a fascinating city. The stones of the city echo with the sheer weight of history. It's always been tor...