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October 23, 2015
St Chad’s Well, Tinedale Farm, Spen Brook, Lancashire
Originally posted on The Journal of Antiquities:
St Chad’s Well, Near Tinedale Farm, Spen Brook, Lancashire.
St Chad’s Well is located in a boggy field with reed beds, just east of Tinedale Farm, 1 mile south of Newchurch-in-Pendle.From above Hoarstones, Fence, go north along the country lane, then at the very topwalk along the straight farmtrack with a sign for Rigg of England and Tinedale Farm. After a while take the second wall-style leading into the field.At the centre of this, often...
Quincunx, Electricity, Computer… The Mastermind of Sir Thomas Browne
Originally posted on A R T LR K:
Sir Thomas Browne was an English author of numerous medical, religious, scientific and esoteric works. He was born on the 19th of October 1605 and died exactly 77 years later on the 19th of October 1682. This numerological symmetry seems in his case more of a necessity than a coincidence for it supports his theory on the quincuncial order in nature. In 1658 Browne published The Garden of Cyrus
, a book in which he composed a whole discourse upon the significan...
October 21, 2015
Grieving for an Emigrant Son: The Story of the Finnertys of Galway City
Originally posted on Irish in the American Civil War:
This week I will be continuing my county-specific examinations of the Irish experience of the American Civil War, when I give a lecture in Galway City Museum on the impact of the conflict on the Tribesmen (and women!). I come across large numbers of Galway people in my research, and have little doubt that the American Civil War saw more Galwaymen in uniform than any other conflict in history. I decided to take a special look at one of the...
The Irish Wolfhound of Gettysburg
Originally posted on historywithatwist:
If ever you want to know something about the American Civil War, I can’t think of anyone better to ask than Iain C. Martin. Not only is Iain an expert in his field, but he has also produced a fascinating book on the seismic battle that was Gettysburg.
The need to make history more accessible is something I’ve always believed in, and Iain has done just that with his book, Gettysburg: The True Account of Two Young Heroes in the Greatest Battle of the Ci...
The Death of Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland
Originally posted on tudors & other histories:
On the 18th of October 1541, Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, died at Methven Castle, Scotland. She was married thrice, first King James IV of Scotland, then Archibald Douglas the Earl of Angus, and lastly to Henry Stewart, Lord Methven. She had children from her first two marriages: James V and Margaret Douglas. Their offspring, Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley’s union produced James VI of...
October 20, 2015
The Last Days of Marie Antoinette
Originally posted on All Things Georgian:
It is impossible for us to ignore one of the major events of the French Revolution, the execution of Marie Antoinette which took place on 16th October 1793 given our interest in the French Revolution and her reputed acquaintance with Grace Dalrymple Elliott, so with that in mind we thought it might be an idea to take a ‘whistle stop tour’ of just a few of her paintings and of course, in our usual manner, if slightly disrespectful, we simply had to in...
Globe Theatre
Originally posted on Exequy's Blog:
The Globe Theatre normally refers to one of three theaters in London associated with William Shakespeare. These are:
The original Globe Theatre, built in 1599 by the playing company to which Shakespeare belonged, was destroyed by fire on June 29, 1613.
The reconstructed Globe Theatre which was completed by June 1614 and closed in 1642.
A modern reconstruction of the original Globe that opened in 1997.
Shakespeare’s company erected the famed Globe Theatre,...
Exonerated! 385 years later.
Originally posted on History Witch:
Katharina Henot was burned at the stake for sorcery in 1627.
As the first female postmaster in Germany, Katharina was a well-known citizen of Cologne. Her and her brother Harger Henot inherited the post office from their father.
From 1626 to 1631 the city was in turmoil over a great witch hunt. When a nun at one of the convents became possessed (maybe it was “the change”) rumors flew and Katharina and her brother Harger were accused of bringing death and...
October 19, 2015
3 Ways to Fire Up Your Writing Career Today
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
My impression of writers on social media…. #tinfoilhat
I am an “Old Dog” of the digital publishing paradigm. When I started out on social media, I did not want to be a social media expert. I enjoyed editing and teaching and longed to write fiction. But every a$$clown with a Twitter handle was a “Social Media Expert” and much of the teaching was nothing short of ridiculous.
Some of the advice was downright predatory (or, in my book, cheating).
In my...
Reviews – or is it a reflection? Pleasantville and Nietzsche
Originally posted on Victoria Adams' Reading Alcove:
Pleasantville (1998). A classic example of metaphor in art. The standard interpretation of the piece written, produced and directed by Gary Ross is that it was a metaphor of the sixties. America was leaving behind the Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver paradigms of the 50s and launching full speed ahead into the sexual revolution and peacenik philosophy of the 60s crowned by such shows as Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. Okay, I get that....
