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Several Curious Monsters From A Medieval Menagerie

C S Hughes August 17, 2013

On the birth of the new heir to the British throne, Australia’s Northern Territory gifted the baby Prince George a...

Olga Hughes August 16, 2013

Or can you? Ranging from the seriously cute to the slightly offensive… Although there have been plenty of china...

Olga Hughes August 15, 2013

George Boleyn was an important man in the Tudor court, yet he spent centuries in relative obscurity. The husband of...

Olga Hughes August 13, 2013

His natural inclination is to oppose all things debateable, taking great pride in persuading himself that he makes the world...

Olga Hughes August 13, 2013

The King means it to be kept secret till Whitsuntide; but everybody begins already to murmur by suspicion, and several...

C S Hughes August 12, 2013

var·let /ˈvärlət/ 1. A man or boy acting as a menial servant 2. A knight’s page 3. A...

Olga Hughes August 12, 2013

It is a good thing for us that historical researcher Natalie Grueninger and historian/historical fiction author Sarah Morris did not...

C S Hughes August 7, 2013

History nerds, they loved the TV show The Tudors, but hated its innacuracies. They swoon over rough headed James Frain,...

C S Hughes July 2, 2013

No, not in some arcane ritual imploring Anubis to turn back the twelve hours of the night to re-incarnate a...

C S Hughes May 20, 2013

The term vitamin was derived from ‘vitamine,’ a compound word coined in 1912 by the Polish biochemist Kazimierz Funk, when...