Until 1971, English law allowed a jilted person to claim damages from the person who had offered and then refused to marry them. People who brought breach of promise claims were almost always female. If the idea of suing to win damages for a broken heart seems odd, or even distasteful, it is worth remembering…
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The Road to Christianity: The British Museum On The Conversion Process
The British Museum has continually sought to highlight cultural significance through its geographically and thematically organised curatorship of objects. Its handling of the British’s gradual conversion to Christianity has always been a highpoint, despite lacking the grotesque pizazz of the Egyptian mummies or the rich contextual history of the ‘Elgin Marbles.’ The ever popular ‘Elgin…
Puy du Fou
Picture the scene, you are inside the Colosseum. The crowd’s going crazy for a gang of Christians who have just been sentenced to death by Caesar; all the while goddesses in white and gold are twirling centre stage. The floor opens up and blood flies as gladiators emerge leaping and ducking under a score of…
Hannibal: Clouds of War by Ben Kane
Ahh, ask and ye shall receive. I mentioned in my previous review that the last two books had been on a similar theme, that of Crime Fiction. I was, therefore, fully expecting my next #secretbookclub contribution to be along the same lines. That’s when the wonderful people at Historical Honey threw me a curve ball….
In the footsteps of Wilfred Owen
To commemorate the centenary of WW1 we are running a series of three posts from our recent trip to the WW1 sites of Nord de Calais. Our little tour group of bloggers, led by the infectiously bubbly Sarah from four bgb and Ellie from MyFerryLink, crossed the English Channel on Friday afternoon to drive to the charming town of Arras in Northern France. The…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About America’s First FEMALE Presidential Candidate
Victoria C. Woodhull ran for President 48 years before women were granted the right to vote, yet most Americans aren’t aware she existed. Here are 10 things you likely didn’t know about this fascinating woman… 1. Who was she? Victoria Woodhull has been mostly written out of the history books. There are two primary reasons, at…
Meet The New Dutch King & Queen!
On April 30th 2013, the Netherlands got a new head of state. After thirty-three years, and on live TV, Queen Beatrix abdicated her crown to her son Willem-Alexander and his wife Princess Máxima. King Willem-Alexander and his gorgeous Queen, Máxima Source: 233livenews.wordpress.com The Dutch Monarchy: A Brief History Between 1814 and 1890, the Dutch were ruled by…
The CORRECT path to getting a Job in a Museum
For many people working in a museum, surrounded by history, is the ultimate career goal. But as awesome as it sounds, it is a notoriously highly competitive industry to ‘break’. I work in a museum, and…
Jenna – 4/4 – Historical Honey
Many a night, whilst drunkenly staggering home down the Corso in Manly, Sydney, I’d pop into the pie shop and order myself a ‘Ned Kelly’; a delightful pastry filled with meat, cheese, bacon and a… From lobotomies to leeching, there have been a multitude of curious medicinal cures throughout history! I’ve listed a few here,…
What If The Women of The Past…Were Men!
History is so packed with women it should be called ‘her-story’. Joke. What? Don’t look at me like that. Ok, yes; the fairer sex has been massively under-represented in history; there’s a glass ceiling in our permanent record. Our written past is a sausage fest. But despite all this, it could be worse. Imagine if even…