History Magazine

Paperblog Editor's Pick

• At the Huguenot Festival

  

  When the Huguenots - French protestants - fled persecution and moved to London, many of them brought skills as silkweavers. They settled in Spitalfields, away... Read more

  The 14 April 2013 by   Carolineld
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• His Royal Hotness Prince Rupert of the Rhine

  

  Prince Rupert, Honthorst, c1641. Photo: National Portrait Gallery.Let’s take a moment shall we to appreciate His Royal Hotness Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Read more

  The 11 April 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

  

  A remarkable story of courage, good luck & perserverance Read more

  The 10 April 2013 by   Noveladventurers
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• Falling in Love with History…

  

  Title: The History of the Ancient WorldAuthor: Susan Wise BauerPublisher: NortonGenre: HistoryLength: 868 pagesI enjoyed history in school, but only when it... Read more

  The 09 April 2013 by   Akklemm
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• The Beautiful Palais Royal

  

  A Fashionably Dressed Young Woman in the Arcade of the Palais Royal, Garnier, 1787.Detail from Turgot’s map of Paris, showing the Palais Royal. Read more

  The 07 April 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• Ghost Mosaic

  

  Dinard, on Brittany's Emerald Coast, has long attracted summer visitors: the British have been holidaying here for a century and a half. Read more

  The 07 April 2013 by   Carolineld
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• Leeds Curiosities

  

  Leeds grew enormously in the nineteenth century, so it's no surprise that much of its architecture - civic, commercial and industrial - should be Victorian and... Read more

  The 02 April 2013 by   Carolineld
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• The Founding of the Institute of Orthomolecular Medicine

  

  The Institute of Orthomolecular Medicine, 2700 Sand Hill Rd. Menlo Park, CA.[Ed Note: 2013 marks the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Linus Pauling... Read more

  The 13 March 2013 by   Scarc
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• A Soviet Secret

  

  By Kelly Raftery It was the fall of 1994, a year and a half or so after the collapse of the Soviet Union. I had just signed on with a small company out of... Read more

  The 12 March 2013 by   Noveladventurers
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• Conservation up Close

  

  The Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich is one of Britain's baroque masterpieces. It has also spent the last three centuries as a tourist... Read more

  The 10 March 2013 by   Carolineld
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