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‘Ginger-ism’ is very real – but not all prejudices are equal
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoYet many powerful and historical figures have been redheads – Boudicca, King David, Churchill, Henry...
Chatsworth, Revisited
The New Yorker· 9 hours agoIn 1950, at the age of thirty, Andrew Cavendish precipitously inherited a centuries-old title—the dukedom of Devonshire—becoming the eleventh holder of...
On This Day, May 19: Thomas More, John Fisher canonized
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFile Photo by Edwardx On this date in history: In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second of King Henry VIII's...
'Mary & George' Stars Address 'Intimate' Finale Deaths
TV Insider· 7 days agoThe King’s Assassin explores the evidence that George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham and longtime...
AI's Cozy Crony Capitalism
Reason.com via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoAltman's call for regulation also has a parallel in the early history of printing. Something similar to the licensing control suggested by Altman was...
Sheffield Castle experts unearth moat and drawbridge
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWithin the moat, a mid-16th Century Nuremberg Jetton was discovered, contemporary with Mary, Queen of Scots' imprisonment at the castle by her cousin,...
When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 7 Review: Facing the Music
TV Fanatic· 5 days agoIn When Calls the Heart Season 11 Episode 7, an old friend returns for the first time in many years....
Beloved fair that draws thousands outgrows location, seeks permanent home. ‘We want Connecticut.’
Hartford Courant· 16 hours agoIn medieval England, if you needed more land you simply conquered a nearby kingdom. The Connecticut...
How Accurate Is “Bridgerton”? We Asked a Regency Historian What the Series Gets Right (and Wrong)
People via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOne of the biggest societal traditions highlighted in Bridgerton is that of the coming-out ball....
On This Day in History - May 19th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 6 days agoOn May 19, 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher as saints of the...