Tag: History
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The Whisky Wars: an alcohol filled, yet good-natured, pseudo-conflict between Denmark and Canada
Darcy Gresham explores how the friendly nations of Denmark and Canada engaged in an intriguing, half-century-long dispute over the remote Arctic rock known as Hans Island.
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The Spaghetti Trees of Ticino
If you’ve ever traveled to southern Switzerland, you may have been lucky enough to see a Spaghetti tree in real life. Sam Marks explores the now infamous Spaghetti tree incident of 1957.
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The Final Frontier? Legacies of Colonialism in Space Exploration
Space exploration has been a significant development of the last century. Ailsa Fraser explores the sustainability and environmental implications of space travel today, as well as linking it to histories of colonialism.
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Poppyheads
In this fiction piece, Ailsa Fraser imagines the situation of a family living in the English Fens, a century after the Draining of the Fens.
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Cowboy Communism: Dean Reed’s Tour of the Eastern Bloc
While Elvis was receiving vast applause in the US, Dean Reed was garnering similar levels of fame and stardom from the Eastern Bloc. Sam Marks explores his how this American musician found fame brought country music to Soviet states.
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A Rainy Day at the British Museum
The British Museum is an iconic- and controversial- tourist attraction. Naomi Wallace explores the issues surrounding it in this fiction piece.
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Book Review – The Earth Transformed by Peter Frankopan
Peter Frankopan’s The Earth Transformed explores the role of the climate across a vast span of history. Ailsa Fraser discusses the book and its contributions to environmental history.
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Squeaky Clean: The Origins of Modern Soap
Soap is an everyday part of most people’s routines, but it hasn’t always been. Ailsa Fraser explores the origins of soap and how its use became widespread.
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