History Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• Weird Waters

  

  Harrogate was transformed from a couple of hamlets into an elegant town because of its mineral waters. Its motto spells that out: arx celebris fontibus, 'a... Read more

  The 25 July 2011 by   Carolineld
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• The Promise and Tragedy of Ur

  

  There was a time when Western classicists and metaphysicians searched high and low for the primordial or original religion: Ur-monotheismus. The thinking was... Read more

  The 25 July 2011 by   Cris
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• Monk Bar Defences

  

  There's nothing like a friendly welcome - and York's Monk Bar offered nothing like a friendly welcome. Would-be intruders not only faced a stone gate complete... Read more

  The 22 July 2011 by   Carolineld
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• The Mysterian: Teilhard De Chardin

  

  The priest and paleontologist was present at the beginning, more or less. When the hoaxed Piltdown “fossils” were discovered in 1912 and the “Peking Man” (Homo... Read more

  The 22 July 2011 by   Cris
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• GUEST BLOGGER: Amy Arden on Buck Taylor, the Original Cowboy Hero

  

  One of the many books, pamphlets, and dime novels featuring Taylor during the 1880s.Western history buffs easily recognize the name “Buffalo” Bill Cody, the... Read more

  The 21 July 2011 by   Kena
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• Facadism

  

  One of the more controversial issues in building conservation is facadism: the situation where a historic facade is preserved, but an entirely new structure is... Read more

  The 21 July 2011 by   Carolineld
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• Two Right Feet

  

  The memorial to Archbishop Lamplugh in York Minster was carved by none other than Grinling Gibbons - an unexpected Deptford connection in Yorkshire. However,... Read more

  The 20 July 2011 by   Carolineld
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• DEBT CEILING Crisis: History Demands a "grand Bargain."

  

  1862 Greenback Dollar -- worth about 30 cents by 1865. Drowning in debt and inflation after the Civil War, the US managed to regain its credit and restore its... Read more

  The 18 July 2011 by   Kena
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• British Library Wants To Buy Oldest Book In Europe

  

  image credit A £9 million ($14.5 million) appeal has been launched by the British Library to buy the oldest intact book in Europe, a palm-sized... Read more

  The 18 July 2011 by   Gerard
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• Café Stefanie (Munich)

  

  I did not make my entry into the Bohème until I had pushed back the thick baize curtain behind the glass door of the Café Stefanie, seated myself at one of the... Read more

  The 18 July 2011 by   Praymont
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