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Fears that English is ‘disappearing’ in England are misplaced – history shows the island has always...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoA common lament among those opposed to immigration is that “in many parts of England, you don’t hear...
Rome's Colossus of Constantine
The Week via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoAdam Lowe, from the Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation, Salvatore Settis Member of the Steering Committee of Fondazione Prada,...
From Thanksgiving to Labor Day, these 9 holidays have surprisingly dark origins
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoOur popular understanding of the history of Thanksgiving is flawed.Barney Burstein/Corbis/VCG via...
How scientists reconstructed a huge statue of Emperor Constantine the Great in Rome
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoIt once sat majestically at the heart of ancient Rome. Now a vast statue of Emperor Constantine the...
Was King Herod the Great really so 'great'? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoHerod the Great − though in the Gospel of Matthew, he wasn't so great. Hulton Archive via Getty...
Valentine’s Day’s connection with love was probably invented by Chaucer and other 14th-century poets
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoAs an undergraduate, on a tour of Europe, I happened to step into the church where Saint Valentine’s...
The billion-pound marriages that rocked the British aristocracy
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe funny thing about gold diggers is you don’t exactly expect them to be men wearing peerage robes....
St George’s Day 2024: When is it and who was England’s patron saint?
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoA day commemorating (supposed) dragon slaying and tales of knighthood - it’s only St George’s Day....
Before Valentine’s Day was a holiday, it celebrated a different kind of love| Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoMy local grocery store put the Christmas candy and decorations in the clearance section and...
Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several...
The Conversation Canada via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoA bomb struck the complex of the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza on Oct. 19, 2023,...