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If a Victorian historian had his way, there'd be a giant time capsule under Stonehenge
BBC News· 8 hours agoIn 1877, the historian Frederic Harrison wanted to bury a legacy for the 29th Century beneath the...
How All-Female 'Juries of Matrons' Shaped Legal History
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoFor more than 700 years, women in England could avoid the death penalty just by virtue of being...
What historic art showing open water swimming can tell us about gender, race and power
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 8 hours agoThese artworks can teach us many things about a society’s attitudes towards the human body,...
Want to escape the heat? These are the 7 coolest European places you can reach by train this summer
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoIt’s also famed for its culture. Spend a day snapping shots on Penny Lane and wandering the...
‘Don’t let the Putinistas deliver the Corbynistas’: Boris Johnson’s speech in full
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoAs he stepped onto the stage at the National Army Museum on Tuesday, less than 48 hours before polls...
Sleuthing Commissionaire solves WWI picture puzzle - Pacific Navy News
Lookout· 4 days agoThe unsolved riddle of a historic photo, a poignant moment in Dockyard history 110 years ago,...
Alderney president praises 'truly magnificent' WW2 bunker
BBC News· 1 day agoA World War Two hospital bunker which has opened as a tourist attraction has been praised as "truly...
Lucidea Announces SydneyDigital, the ILS for a Digital-First World
Financial Post· 4 days agoLucidea has announced that SydneyEnterprise, the leading ILS leveraged daily by global clients for over 35 years, is now SydneyDigital. With SydneyDigital, Lucidea’s special library clients ...
9 best places for Canadians to travel in summer 2024 — and cheaper travel dupes from around the...
Yahoo News Canada· 5 days agoLocated in the popular Gangnam district, voco Seoul Gangnam, an IHG Hotel is close to a number of...
Chain Saws Were Supposedly Invented to Help in Childbirth. We Looked into the Tool's History
Snopes via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoUsed in Timber Industry Canadian millwright James Shand is credited with inventing the first...