Guy Fawkes’ punishment was one of the most severe in English history – here’s what happens when a body is hung, drawn and quartered
By anatomically dissecting each stage of this medieval punishment, we can understand the profound agony the gunpowder plot co ...
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Why humour is always left-wing
Without taking George Orwell’s assessment that ‘every joke being a tiny revolution’ literally, humour is always to left of the established order.
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“We Must Decide: What Kind of Nation Are We Going to Be?”
On Jan. 6, 2022, Joe Biden stood in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol and delivered, to a small audience that included Vice ...
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Middle Ages
Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...
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All you need to know about the Berlin Wall, 35 years on
Medieval fighting enthusiasts face off in Spain Dressed and armed as knights, teams of men and women compete in battle in Castile, Spain. History 03/14/2023 March 14, 2023 05:03 min ...