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10. Cooking with Chestnuts in Winter
by Weiao Xing (@WeiaoX) ‘Fresh raw chestnuts are in season in the winter months. Choose heavy nuts with tight-fitting shells’; this is how the celebrated trio of cookery writers Simone Beck, Louisette Bertholle, and Julia Child introduce this ingredient in their influential work Mastering the Art of French Cooking.[i] With an emphasis on ‘fresh produce and ingredients’,…
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21. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ and the Red Scare
by Lauren Walker Frank Capra’s 1946 film, It’s a Wonderful Life, is an established Christmas favourite. However, upon release, it received mixed reviews and came $525,000 short of breaking even at the box office. It was only after entering public domain in 1974 that it became the immensely popular and acclaimed classic it is today.…
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Historian Highlight: Edward Hallett Carr (1892-1982)
by Chris Campbell, @Chris__Campbell E. H. Carr must surely be one of the most seasonal names in British historical education. It emerges towards the end of summer in suggested reading lists, multiplies throughout the autumn in sixth form history classrooms, and returns to hibernation shortly after the personal statement deadline passes. How many times throughout…
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Shakespeare’s Forgotten Publisher: The Curious Disappearance of Edward Blount
Why did Edward Blount, the publisher of Shakespeare’s First Folio, suddenly disappear from the historical record in the mid-1620s? Matt Ryan has found exciting new archival evidence that sheds light on this historical mystery.
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