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School cancels Walter Raleigh and Francis Drake in ‘inclusivity’ drive
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake are among ten house names being removed at Exeter School -...
Keith Thomson's new book examines Sir Walter Raleigh and El Dorado | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoOnly two years ago, Keith Thomson published his study of pirates in the Caribbean, “Born to Be...
Wait ... isn’t that Charlotte? Collage mixup merits a quick fix in Raleigh.
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoAlong Hillsborough Street, a city trash bin showed off a collage of Raleigh-related scenery:...
‘Paradise of the Damned’ Review: Dreams of El Dorado
The Wall Street Journal· 4 weeks agoAround 1530, conquistadors in South America began to hear rumors of El Dorado. Then a Spanish soldier named Juan Martín de Albujar claimed on his...
Out with Churchill, Raleigh and Drake: Why schools are ‘modernising’ their house names
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFor centuries, Sir Francis Drake added a bit of dash and glamour to school history lessons. We...
Today in History: October 29, "Black Tuesday" on Wall Street
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London for treason. In 1787, the opera “Don Giovanni” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had its world ...
A First Look at Simon Sebag Montefiore's The World
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSimon Sebag Montefiore's The World Is Out in MayKnopf In 2019 noted historian Simon Sebag Montefiore embarked on the most ambitious project of his...
The Mother Vine: The oldest grapevine in North America still grows on the Outer Banks
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn April 27, 1584, English explorers dispatched by Sir Walter Raleigh cast anchor off North Carolina’s Outer Banks and found themselves surrounded by an abundance of white grapes. “We viewed ...
These 6 historic Columbia buildings are hidden gems. Here's where to find them
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe historic McKinney Building is getting some needed attention from the city, but there's no...
‘Mary & George’ Stop the Relentless Sex to Wage War—and It’s Just as Satisfying
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 months agoStarzAs if there weren’t enough power struggles being waged from week to week on Mary & George, real...