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The way it was

HistoriesHistories by Aldaron (cc by)

paduasoy posted "English Historical Fiction Authors," a group blog that has been going since 2011, where researchers and novelists post about British history. "There are posts about wool and war, Schools of Gardening for Ladies, beds and bugs, aspirin, theatrical censorship, magazines, tours of Ruthin and Snowdon, slipcoat cheese and posset, subversive fairy tales, and The Learned Pig," and more linked selections. Lovely.

05/20/23
by taz

Because we heard you like Venn diagrams in your Ask Metafilter questions...

Meeting of three kings in Potsdam, Caputh and Berlin detailMeeting of three kings in Potsdam, Caputh and Berlin detail

rebent asks about living like (historic) royalty: "What lifestyle elements were accessible only to rulers and the elite in the past, and are generally accessible now?"

04/02/19
by taz

Curious Virgo

NYC Subway 80sNYC Subway 80s by Olivier Nade (cc by-nc)

What was it like to be alive on September 15, 1985? "from the mundane to the profound, what do you remember about that time?"

09/16/15
by taz

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