How to survive a Regency marriage
We lay down the rules and dangers that a bride in Jane Austen’s England needed to know
What great paintings say
A Cezanne landscape goes under the microscope in our history of art series
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON
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The long history of climate change science
How pioneering scientists began sounding the alarm in the 19th century
What if… Garibaldi hadn’t unified Italy?
We explore what might have happened had the revolutionary and his redshirts not created a united kingdom
BBC HISTORY REVEALED
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How old is the rollercoaster?
• Q&A: YOU ASK, WE ANSWER HISTORY’S GREATEST CONUNDRUMS AND MYSTERIES SOLVED How old is the rollercoaster? • SHORT ANSWER Don’t expect ups, downs and loop-the-loops: the first ride was a one-direction affair • LONG ANSWER A sled speeding down a human-made ice-covered ramp may not sound as exhilarating as the rides of today, but […]
What did Michael Collins do during the Moon landing?
Q&A What did Michael Collins do during the Moon landing? • SHORT ANSWER Far from being lonely, his thoughts were on his colleagues – both human and mouse • LONG ANSWER As Neil Armstrong took his “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” on the Moon in July 1969, shortly followed by […]
What were the five punishments of China?
Q&A What were the five punishments of China? • SHORT ANSWER Hundreds of crimes, five brutal penalties… judges had an easy job • LONG ANSWER For a long time, ancient China’s legal system operated under a simple philosophy that punishments should leave criminals physically and psychologically marked for life and so suitably deterred from reoffending. […]
When were the last hieroglyphics written?
Q&A When were the last hieroglyphics written? • SHORT ANSWER Written? The fourth century. But Egyptian writing had to wait over 14 centuries, and some clever decipherment, to be read again • LONG ANSWER On a wall at the ancient Egyptian temple complex of Philae, an inscription depicts the god Mandulis, carved on behalf of […]