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Absent leeks, lost voices? Cooking and recording in early modern Wales
By Carys Brown | @HistoryCarys My original intention for a blog post for St David’s Day (1 March) had been to cook and write about early modern leeks. Quite apart from being one of my favourite vegetables, the humble leek is one of the national symbols of Wales and features in a number of “traditional” Welsh…
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Newnham College Cambridge hosts Wikipedia edit-a-thon to mark International Women’s Day 2017
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The Allotment as Fertile Ground for Historical Study
By Zoe Farrell | @zoeffarrell Allotments in many ways seem like a quaint symbol of the past; reminiscent of that kind elderly neighbour who always shared the fruits of their overabundant crop. However, allotments have a long history and were brought about in their current form for a very serious purpose. The history of allotments…
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Catholic murderers in your area put loyal Protestants at risk, SAD! – Benjamin Harris, fake news, and the Popish Plot
By Alex Wakelam – @A_Wakelam Anyone with even a passing awareness of western politics over the last year will have been bombarded with the phrase “Fake News”, whether to describe genuine falsehood circulated as fact or as the rallying cry of bombastic autocrats denying the validity of news sources that disagree with them. While the phrase seems like…
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‘Whence proceeds the custom of making April Fools?’
By Rosa Hodgkin In 1708 the Apollo Magazine printed the query, “Whence proceeds the custom of making April Fools?”. The answer received was “It may not improperly be derived from a memorable transaction happening between the Romans and Sabines, mentioned by Dionysius, which was thus: the Romans, about the infancy of the city, wanting wives,…
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