Subtitle: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution, and the 20th Century. The German contribution to western culture since the enlightenment has been immense, but the early 20th century and the Nazi era in particular damaged the image - almost irreparably. Can Watson set the record straight? Ken Lucid writes: "Oh, surely you're not bringing that on holiday," the Empres...
Athens GR: Subway construction in Greece's capitol city has unearthed an amphora containing a historical description written by Moussaka, a historian of the period 490 BC to 431 BC. There is new information about the relations between the Greek-city...
A recent historical excavation of Stonehenge has shocked the sports world by proving footballers of the Neolithic period employed goal-line technology. It is the latest exciting development regarding the prehistoric megalith, following on from las...
Can we trace our modern MI5/6 back to this puritan statesman? Ken Lucid writes: I'll be straight… they wanted me to review this new book about German cultural progress in the 18th to 20th centuries, The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the 20th Century, by Peter Watson. But if you think the title's a mouthful well get this - it's nearly a thousa...
Sub-titled One Hundred of his Greatest Drawings from the Daily Mail, 1939-1945 this is an attempt to raise Illingworth's profile to something approaching that enjoyed by his contemporaries David Low and Sydney Strube. Ken Lucid writes: This is great! Another effort by Mark Bryant. Recent books about Low and Strube were by his arch-enemy, Timothy S Benson and in fact Benson did one on Illingw...
Pepys left us a fascinating and insightful account of life in Restoration London. Ms Tomalin's biography is a welcome modern examination of the man himself. Ken Lucid was supposed to review this book when the paperback was published in 2003. He's just found his notes… Oh come on! This bloke's famous for writing a diary. Hello-o! What the bloody hell do you need a biography of a guy who w...
The Thirty Years War was a horrific series of conflicts but it has always seemed remote to the inhabitants of these islands - the last major survey in English was by CV Wedgwood 70 years ago. Ken Lucid considers this important new contribution… "First, I have to say sorry this review is late (published late last year - ed.)… but wow! This is one BIG book! It's got 851 pages - and that's not...
Archaeologists in France have discovered what they believe to be the oldest porn in existence. The pornography is depicted in a series of graphic paintings in a remote cave the archaeologists have named Le Grande Gash. British scientist and fl...
How things change eh? This list was complied by Inchcock Chambers, our decrepit unpaid reporter for you perusal and enjoyment. Here are some quotes from people in during the 1950's. (1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, its' going to be impossible to buy a weeks groceries for £10." (2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long when £...
Researchers have discovered stone tools in Norfolk, UK, that suggest that early humans arrived in Britain nearly a million years ago - or even earlier. Ever since then, knife crime has been on the increase. In 2000BC alone there were a dozen...
A historian has revealed evidence that the Beatles never wrote their songs but stole them from the famous William Shakespeare. The historian has discovered that the famous "Cavern club" in Liverpool has been in existence since the Romans invaded but in the sixteen hundreds it was a notorious coffee shop and a haunt of the poets and playwright of the day this has continued to the present day.
Palaeontologists in France have discovered two mammal hairs encased in 100 million-year-old amber. The hairs, found alongside a fly pupa in amber uncovered in southwest France, are similar to hair found on modern-day mammals, and it's thought that...
Neanderthal News Network, Louisburg, Nova Scotia. Leif Erickson's buddies, and other Viking types, were in the new world long before Columbus. Now Archeologists have unearthed startling evidence that Neanderthals sailed the Atlantic thirty thousa...
The ancestor of all Israelite people is said to be Abraham. Originally his name was Abram, meaning high father. According to Genesis 17, God unilaterally decided to alter Abram's name to Abraham, meaning father of all nations! Anyway, one day Abraham left his hometown to settle in present-day Turkey. Later he decided to move back to Palestine to build an altar, of course, at the insistence...
The body of a soldier killed at Culloden, has been found at the sight of the massacre carried out by the butcher Duke of Cumberland, against the Highlanders. Although there was nothing left but bones around the skeletons neck was a name tag Camero...
A group of men attempting to recreate the epic 7,000 km (4,350 mile) voyage of Captain William Bligh have had an embarrassing setback, one of their crew has mutinied! The would be mutineer, 18-year-old Brit Christopher 'Ginger' Wilde, disappeared...
Both Labour and the Conservatives today wheeled out a host of historical figures to back their election campaigns and warn about the dangers of a Liberal Democrat win. In an open letter to the Guardian, some of the top figures from the school hist...
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