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Horrible History: Horse play
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Tastes Of History
May 31, 2023
Horrible History: 'Hollywood' Ninja
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
May 22, 2023
On This Day: Began the ‘Cousin’s War’
May 22nd, 1455: The Wars of the Roses began. The Wars of the Roses began not on a battlefield but with a bloody clash fought on foot...
Tastes Of History
May 17, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Romans knew about bacteria
‘10 modern things the Romans had’ is a YouTube video created and hosted by Raffaello Urbani, who is otherwise known as ‘Metatron’. His...
Tastes Of History
May 10, 2023
Horrible History: Fight scenes
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
May 3, 2023
Horrible History Costume: Oddballs
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Apr 30, 2023
Audley End House at War
For the early May bank holiday weekend we jumped back 80 years to wartime Britain where Audley End House once again became a school for...
Tastes Of History
Apr 28, 2023
About History: Guns ‘n’ Bullets
A beginner's guide to guns and firearms related history.
Tastes Of History
Apr 26, 2023
Horrible History Costume: Movie Armour
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Apr 19, 2023
Horrible History Costume: Hair
Introduction What follows was inspired by an @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Apr 12, 2023
The Recipes: Ostrich Eggs
At just under 2 kg, a single Ostrich egg weighs about the same as a whole chicken and remarkably is the equivalent of 24 normal-sized...
Tastes Of History
Apr 5, 2023
Horrible History: Lighting the way
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Mar 29, 2023
Horrible History Costume: The ‘Hollywood’ Toga
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Mar 22, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Who built the pyramids?
One of the more enduring popular ‘myths’ is the idea that the great pyramids at Giza in northern Egypt were constructed (c. 2575 - c....
Tastes Of History
Mar 15, 2023
On This Day: Caesar Murdered!
March 15th, 44 BC: Gaius Julius Caesar is stabbed to death. Idibus Martiis (‘the Ides of March’, 44 BC) should have been an unremarkable...
Tastes Of History
Mar 6, 2023
How To: Dress as a Roman soldier Part Three
This ‘How To:’ series is aimed at the general reader or an individual wishing to portray a Roman legionary or auxiliary as accurately as...
Tastes Of History
Feb 24, 2023
How To: Dress as a Roman soldier Part Two
This ‘How To:’ series is aimed at the general reader or an individual wishing to portray a Roman legionary or auxiliary as accurately as...
Tastes Of History
Feb 16, 2023
On This Day: Tutankhamun’s tomb unsealed
February 16th, 1923: One hundred years ago today Egyptologist Howard Carter unseals Tutankhamun’s tomb. Despite the builders’ best...
Tastes Of History
Feb 10, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Roman Cheshire Cheese
The BBC’s Bargain Hunt has struck again. On this occasion the claim was made that Cheshire cheese was made by the Romans. That was news...
Tastes Of History
Feb 4, 2023
On This Day: Burnt for his Beliefs
February 4th, 1555: John Rogers becomes the first Protestant martyr to be burnt at the stake in Queen Mary I’s persecutions. Formerly an...
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