Unveiling the Overlooked: 15 Groundbreaking Female Artists History Nearly Forgot
In her recently released book, A Little History of Art, Charlotte Mullins presents an updated overview of art history that challenges the limitations…
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The Origins of Margherita Pizza: A Slice of Neapolitan History
Whether you’re a fan of thin-crust or deep-dish pizza, pepperoni or pineapple, you are likely to be familiar with the margherita. A Neapolitan…
Romulus, Remus, and the Divine Origins of Rome
The citizens and scholars of Ancient Rome prided themselves on belonging to the greatest city in the world. Rome required a great foundation story,…
The Playful Yet Cryptic Origins of Cockney Rhyming Slang
As a deliberately secretive spoken language, the precise origins and motivations of Cockney rhyming slang are vague. Was it a crafty ‘cryptolect’…
Operation Veritable: The Grueling Battle for the Rhine in 1945
Operation Veritable was one of the last battles of the Western front of World War Two. It was part of a pincer movement, designed to cut into Germany…
Operation Unthinkable: Churchill‘s Daring Plan for War With the Soviet Union
‘Operation Unthinkable’ was a secret military plan proposed by Winston Churchill and developed by the British Armed Forces and the USA in May…
Operation Overlord: The Turning Point of World War II
On 6 June 1944, the Allies launched the greatest amphibious invasion in history. Codenamed “Operation Overlord” but best known today as…
Operation Grapple: Inside Britain‘s Heated Race to Build the H-Bomb
The first nuclear bomb was detonated in the New Mexico desert in July 1945: a weapon of previously unimaginable destruction which would go on to…
Operation Barbarossa: The German Perspective on the Largest Invasion in History
Dawn, 22 June 1941. Well over 3.5 million men, 600,000 horses, 500,000 motor vehicles, 3,500 panzers, 7,000 cannon and 3,000 aircraft – all lay…
Operation Alberich: The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line in 1917
In Sam Mendes’ Oscar-nominated World War One film 1917, two British soldiers – Lance Corporals Blake and Schofield – find…