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It's Christmas Eve!🎄For all our readers around the world, we'd like to wish you a wonderful holiday season and a lovely new year - be sure to look out for 4 new issues throughout 2026! 🎉
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Christmas Picks
In the spirit of the festive season, EPOCH's Editors present some stories of Christmas times past.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It's Christmas Eve!🎄For all our readers around the world, we'd like to wish you a wonderful holiday season and a lovely new year - be sure to look out for 4 new issues throughout 2026! 🎉
Until then, explore some tales of EPOCH past!
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Until then, explore some tales of EPOCH past!
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How are dual nationalities in international football related to colonial legacies across Africa?
In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
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In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
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From Belonging to Longing: Navigating Nationhood and Allegiance in Ghanaian Football
Next summer sees one of the biggest events in the sporting world. At the twenty-third edition of the FIFA World Cup, forty-eight countries will compete for the right to call themselves the best nation...
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December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
How are dual nationalities in international football related to colonial legacies across Africa?
In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
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In Issue 22, Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere explored the roots of Ghanaian football, and the challenges faced by African nations in the modern game.
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Female codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War performed vital work - but what about their predecessors?
In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
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In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
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Women Codebreakers of World War I
In September 1917, Mabel Dymond Peel, a languages teacher who had joined the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) to censor letters home from German prisoners of war, arrived near the front lines in...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Female codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War performed vital work - but what about their predecessors?
In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
Read on!👇
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In Issue 22, Alison Sawers uncovered the overlooked story of female codebreakers during the First World War.
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We're beginning our showcase of Issue 22 with one of our featured sporting articles. EPOCH's own Jude Rowley delved into the history of the little Lancastrian village of Turton, and its role in the development of modern football.
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‘The little village that first gave it birth’. Turton and the World's Game
The small Lancashire village of Turton, also known as Chapeltown, is steeped in history. Within a mile radius, the village hosts a neolithic stone circle, a Tudor manor house, a nineteenth century mil...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We're beginning our showcase of Issue 22 with one of our featured sporting articles. EPOCH's own Jude Rowley delved into the history of the little Lancastrian village of Turton, and its role in the development of modern football.
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ISSUE 22 IS NOW LIVE!
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EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
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Join us in celebrating the release of Issue 22 of
EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
Have a look now! 👇
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December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
ISSUE 22 IS NOW LIVE!
Join us in celebrating the release of Issue 22 of
EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
Have a look now! 👇
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Join us in celebrating the release of Issue 22 of
EPOCH, 'Sport and Society'! With over 15 pieces, the
latest issue covers a vast range of topics from Dutch football kits to the process of producing historical infographics.
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I am now the Medieval Editor for @epoch-history.bsky.social PGR Magazine
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I am now the Medieval Editor for @epoch-history.bsky.social PGR Magazine
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EPOCH | Joshua Coulthard
Josh Coulthard is a doctoral candidate in History based in the Department of History, Geography and Social Sciences at Edge Hill University and is also the co-convenor of the North West Medieval Studi...
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October 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Exciting news!
I am now the Medieval Editor for @epoch-history.bsky.social PGR Magazine
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I am now the Medieval Editor for @epoch-history.bsky.social PGR Magazine
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Do you have a favourite heritage site, museum, or preserved object?
From the Roman Republic to post-Soviet Hungary, via Canterbury and the industrial North East of England, the EPOCH team recently explored their favourites.
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From the Roman Republic to post-Soviet Hungary, via Canterbury and the industrial North East of England, the EPOCH team recently explored their favourites.
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Heritage and Museum Picks
The summer break in the academic year gives historians and historically minded people the perfect opportunity to take a break from their work and enjoy a holiday, or at the very least some well deserv...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Do you have a favourite heritage site, museum, or preserved object?
From the Roman Republic to post-Soviet Hungary, via Canterbury and the industrial North East of England, the EPOCH team recently explored their favourites.
Check it out! 👇
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From the Roman Republic to post-Soviet Hungary, via Canterbury and the industrial North East of England, the EPOCH team recently explored their favourites.
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🎉Issue 21 is now live!🎉
Join us for a journey through Heritage and Memory across periods, localities, and topics, with something for everyone in this diverse collection of outstanding original research.
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Join us for a journey through Heritage and Memory across periods, localities, and topics, with something for everyone in this diverse collection of outstanding original research.
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September 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
🎉Issue 21 is now live!🎉
Join us for a journey through Heritage and Memory across periods, localities, and topics, with something for everyone in this diverse collection of outstanding original research.
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Join us for a journey through Heritage and Memory across periods, localities, and topics, with something for everyone in this diverse collection of outstanding original research.
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🎉Issue 20 is now live!🎉
Join us in exploring a special fifth anniversary edition of EPOCH featuring a range of fantastic articles from emerging historians across the globe.
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Join us in exploring a special fifth anniversary edition of EPOCH featuring a range of fantastic articles from emerging historians across the globe.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
🎉Issue 20 is now live!🎉
Join us in exploring a special fifth anniversary edition of EPOCH featuring a range of fantastic articles from emerging historians across the globe.
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Join us in exploring a special fifth anniversary edition of EPOCH featuring a range of fantastic articles from emerging historians across the globe.
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Extra! Extra! Read all about our favourite historical misconceptions with a special Editors' Picks feature from the EPOCH team.
Bringing myth, mirth, and merriment to your April Fool's Day!
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Bringing myth, mirth, and merriment to your April Fool's Day!
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April 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Extra! Extra! Read all about our favourite historical misconceptions with a special Editors' Picks feature from the EPOCH team.
Bringing myth, mirth, and merriment to your April Fool's Day!
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Bringing myth, mirth, and merriment to your April Fool's Day!
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🌊 Sink or Swim: The Swimming Test in English Witchcraft
In Issue 9, Veena Patel explored the bizarre and unsettling origins of the swimming test employed during witchcraft accusations.
#history #witchcraft #earlymodern #skystorians #academicsky
In Issue 9, Veena Patel explored the bizarre and unsettling origins of the swimming test employed during witchcraft accusations.
#history #witchcraft #earlymodern #skystorians #academicsky
Sink or Swim: The Swimming Test in English Witchcraft
During the early modern period, Europe underwent what has often been described as a witch craze.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🌊 Sink or Swim: The Swimming Test in English Witchcraft
In Issue 9, Veena Patel explored the bizarre and unsettling origins of the swimming test employed during witchcraft accusations.
#history #witchcraft #earlymodern #skystorians #academicsky
In Issue 9, Veena Patel explored the bizarre and unsettling origins of the swimming test employed during witchcraft accusations.
#history #witchcraft #earlymodern #skystorians #academicsky
We're looking for submissions for our upcoming issue on POWER & RESISTANCE! ⚡️
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March 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We're looking for submissions for our upcoming issue on POWER & RESISTANCE! ⚡️
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🏛️ EPOCH Magazine's Historical Building Picks 🏛️
EPOCH's editorial team highlights a selection of incredible historical buildings, from ancient monuments to modern marvels.
What are your favourites? Share them below!
#history #architecture #heritage #skystorians #academicsky #worldheritage
EPOCH's editorial team highlights a selection of incredible historical buildings, from ancient monuments to modern marvels.
What are your favourites? Share them below!
#history #architecture #heritage #skystorians #academicsky #worldheritage
Historical Building Picks
The EPOCH Editorial TeamWe all have a favourite building. As odd as that may sound, if someone approached you in the street to ask what yours was, it is more than likely that you would be able to come...
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March 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🏛️ EPOCH Magazine's Historical Building Picks 🏛️
EPOCH's editorial team highlights a selection of incredible historical buildings, from ancient monuments to modern marvels.
What are your favourites? Share them below!
#history #architecture #heritage #skystorians #academicsky #worldheritage
EPOCH's editorial team highlights a selection of incredible historical buildings, from ancient monuments to modern marvels.
What are your favourites? Share them below!
#history #architecture #heritage #skystorians #academicsky #worldheritage
🏯 Empress Go-Sakuramachi and the Imperial Court
Hirohito Tsuji explores 117th Empress Go-Sakuramachi's influence and contributions to the Imperial Court of Japan.
#history #Japan #womenhistory #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern
Hirohito Tsuji explores 117th Empress Go-Sakuramachi's influence and contributions to the Imperial Court of Japan.
#history #Japan #womenhistory #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern
Empress Go-Sakuramachi and the Imperial Court
One of the characteristics of the Imperial Family of Japan is that the 126 successive generations of emperors have been succeeded by the patrilineal line without exception since the first, Emperor Jin...
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March 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🏯 Empress Go-Sakuramachi and the Imperial Court
Hirohito Tsuji explores 117th Empress Go-Sakuramachi's influence and contributions to the Imperial Court of Japan.
#history #Japan #womenhistory #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern
Hirohito Tsuji explores 117th Empress Go-Sakuramachi's influence and contributions to the Imperial Court of Japan.
#history #Japan #womenhistory #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern
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In the 1980s, as psychiatric care moved from hospitals to the community, public fear shaped its development. The 1982 Anne Anne Kindergarten Incident heightened concerns, while proposals for halfway houses faced backlash despite efforts to reintegrate patients.
#history #skystorians #HongKong
#history #skystorians #HongKong
Fearful 'madness': halfway houses, psychiatry and Hong Kong in the 1980s
In Hong Kong, the 1980s saw rapid progress in urbanisation and development.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In the 1980s, as psychiatric care moved from hospitals to the community, public fear shaped its development. The 1982 Anne Anne Kindergarten Incident heightened concerns, while proposals for halfway houses faced backlash despite efforts to reintegrate patients.
#history #skystorians #HongKong
#history #skystorians #HongKong
In the 1980s, as psychiatric care moved from hospitals to the community, public fear shaped its development. The 1982 Anne Anne Kindergarten Incident heightened concerns, while proposals for halfway houses faced backlash despite efforts to reintegrate patients.
#history #skystorians #HongKong
#history #skystorians #HongKong
Fearful 'madness': halfway houses, psychiatry and Hong Kong in the 1980s
In Hong Kong, the 1980s saw rapid progress in urbanisation and development.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In the 1980s, as psychiatric care moved from hospitals to the community, public fear shaped its development. The 1982 Anne Anne Kindergarten Incident heightened concerns, while proposals for halfway houses faced backlash despite efforts to reintegrate patients.
#history #skystorians #HongKong
#history #skystorians #HongKong
From medieval charters to revolutionary pamphlets, history is shaped by those who wield words as weapons and shields. EPOCH Issue 20 explores the tensions between power and resistance—across cultures, eras, and disciplines.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From medieval charters to revolutionary pamphlets, history is shaped by those who wield words as weapons and shields. EPOCH Issue 20 explores the tensions between power and resistance—across cultures, eras, and disciplines.
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✉️ The letters from Drancy are more than just words, they are traces of everyday life under extraordinary and terrifying conditions.
Jenna Mornas explores these letters and what they reveal about resilience, silence, and survival.
#history #holocauststudies #WWII #archives #skystorians
Jenna Mornas explores these letters and what they reveal about resilience, silence, and survival.
#history #holocauststudies #WWII #archives #skystorians
Letters from Drancy
This article was initially given as a talk at Lancaster University to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It was the first time the Szafran’s history was ever shared outsi...
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March 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
✉️ The letters from Drancy are more than just words, they are traces of everyday life under extraordinary and terrifying conditions.
Jenna Mornas explores these letters and what they reveal about resilience, silence, and survival.
#history #holocauststudies #WWII #archives #skystorians
Jenna Mornas explores these letters and what they reveal about resilience, silence, and survival.
#history #holocauststudies #WWII #archives #skystorians
🚢 Call for Submissions – Power & Resistance ⚡
We're looking for articles exploring power struggles and acts of defiance across history, politics, and culture.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚢 Call for Submissions – Power & Resistance ⚡
We're looking for articles exploring power struggles and acts of defiance across history, politics, and culture.
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We're looking for articles exploring power struggles and acts of defiance across history, politics, and culture.
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#skystorians #history #academicsky #envhist #🗃 #🏺#🏛️🎓#🗃🧠 #HistIR
From medieval marketplaces to modern trade, from battlefield chants to concert crowds, some historical patterns persist despite the changing world. Alex Harvey explores how past and present unexpectedly overlap.
#history #archaeology #skystorians #medievalsky
#history #archaeology #skystorians #medievalsky
What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them
I have a friend who makes replicas of Early Medieval jewellery. Using authentic techniques, he forges and sells his wares at fairs up and...
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March 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
From medieval marketplaces to modern trade, from battlefield chants to concert crowds, some historical patterns persist despite the changing world. Alex Harvey explores how past and present unexpectedly overlap.
#history #archaeology #skystorians #medievalsky
#history #archaeology #skystorians #medievalsky
Spain’s colonisation of the Philippines was wasn't just about access to the exotic spices of the Far East. It was driven by a desire to foster trade with Ming China, exchanging American Silver for Chinese luxuries.
#skystorians #colonialism #earlymodern #history #economicchistory #philippines
#skystorians #colonialism #earlymodern #history #economicchistory #philippines
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March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Spain’s colonisation of the Philippines was wasn't just about access to the exotic spices of the Far East. It was driven by a desire to foster trade with Ming China, exchanging American Silver for Chinese luxuries.
#skystorians #colonialism #earlymodern #history #economicchistory #philippines
#skystorians #colonialism #earlymodern #history #economicchistory #philippines
From the Bessemer process to British imperial expansion, steel shaped European industry and global power structures.
Anaïs Walsdorf examines its technological and historical impact.
#history #architecture #skystorians #modernhistory #industrialrevolution #envhist #academicsky
Anaïs Walsdorf examines its technological and historical impact.
#history #architecture #skystorians #modernhistory #industrialrevolution #envhist #academicsky
Materials of Progress: Steel and European Narratives of Civilisation
The process started quietly. For the first ten minutes, hot gases rose from the towering converter, small orange sparks alighted here...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
From the Bessemer process to British imperial expansion, steel shaped European industry and global power structures.
Anaïs Walsdorf examines its technological and historical impact.
#history #architecture #skystorians #modernhistory #industrialrevolution #envhist #academicsky
Anaïs Walsdorf examines its technological and historical impact.
#history #architecture #skystorians #modernhistory #industrialrevolution #envhist #academicsky
🎨 A Forgotten Dutch Master
Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen remains one of the more mysterious figures of the Dutch Golden Age. A skilled landscape painter influenced by Italianate styles, his life and work remain poorly documented.
#earlymodern #dutchhistory #arthistory #biography
Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen remains one of the more mysterious figures of the Dutch Golden Age. A skilled landscape painter influenced by Italianate styles, his life and work remain poorly documented.
#earlymodern #dutchhistory #arthistory #biography
The Enigmatic Life and Art of Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen
The desperate Dutch rebellion to overthrow the repressive Spanish regime and form a Dutch republic of their own saw an unexpected golden age of science, art, and military power rarely seen in the worl...
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March 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🎨 A Forgotten Dutch Master
Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen remains one of the more mysterious figures of the Dutch Golden Age. A skilled landscape painter influenced by Italianate styles, his life and work remain poorly documented.
#earlymodern #dutchhistory #arthistory #biography
Pieter Anthonisz van Groenewegen remains one of the more mysterious figures of the Dutch Golden Age. A skilled landscape painter influenced by Italianate styles, his life and work remain poorly documented.
#earlymodern #dutchhistory #arthistory #biography
The Irish National War Memorial Gardens stand as a tribute to thousands of Irish soldiers who served in World War I. Yet, their history is deeply tied to Ireland’s struggle for independence and national identity.
#skystorians #memorial #WW1 #modernhistory #history #academicsky #architecture
#skystorians #memorial #WW1 #modernhistory #history #academicsky #architecture
Lest We Remember? The Irish National War Memorial Gardens
“I thought the Garden of Remembrance was to have been opened in November. I pray that ‘politics’ have not intervened”.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Irish National War Memorial Gardens stand as a tribute to thousands of Irish soldiers who served in World War I. Yet, their history is deeply tied to Ireland’s struggle for independence and national identity.
#skystorians #memorial #WW1 #modernhistory #history #academicsky #architecture
#skystorians #memorial #WW1 #modernhistory #history #academicsky #architecture
Tucked away in the heart of Lancaster University once stood a mysterious stone orb — but what was its purpose, and where did it go? 🏛️🪨
Discover the intriguing story of forgotten architecture and hidden campus relics.
#history #skystorians #academicsky #architecture #lancasteruniversity #lancaster
Discover the intriguing story of forgotten architecture and hidden campus relics.
#history #skystorians #academicsky #architecture #lancasteruniversity #lancaster
In Search of the Orb: Architectural Ephemera on a University Campus
To many, architectural history is concerned with the imposing grandeur of great palaces and dreaming spires, or the intimidating scale of the industrial scene and the sprawling metropolis. Nonetheless...
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March 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tucked away in the heart of Lancaster University once stood a mysterious stone orb — but what was its purpose, and where did it go? 🏛️🪨
Discover the intriguing story of forgotten architecture and hidden campus relics.
#history #skystorians #academicsky #architecture #lancasteruniversity #lancaster
Discover the intriguing story of forgotten architecture and hidden campus relics.
#history #skystorians #academicsky #architecture #lancasteruniversity #lancaster