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Josephine Baker is revered in her adopted France. This is both a cause for celebration and a prompt to explore the #colonialism and racism she helped conceal.

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Josephine Baker: France’s Acceptable Black Hero

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Former British Prime Minister #AlecDouglasHome died 30 years ago #OnThisDay

Douglas-Home’s unusual route to Number 10 involved renouncing his hereditary peerage and his seat in the House of Lords.

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How to Leave the House of Lords

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After the Flood, Noah’s sons were repurposed to support a new worldview justifying racial hierarchy and slavery.

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Noah’s Ark and the Slave Trade

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Former British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home died 30 years ago #OnThisDay

Douglas-Home’s unusual route to Number 10 involved renouncing his hereditary peerage and his seat in the House of Lords.

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How to Leave the House of Lords

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In the chaos unleashed by the October Revolution, Mikhail Bulgakov found a past become fragmented and confused, and history the domain of madmen and devils.

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The Master and Mikhail Bulgakov

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Various views (my position: not really, for the western Mediterranean yes, for land no, Ottoman navy rebuilt within six months, symbolic yes, an outcome of a longer-term shift to the Atlantic etc)

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The #OttomanEmpire was defeated by a Christian alliance at the Battle of Lepanto #OnThisDay in 1571.

The great sea battle was seen as a pivotal moment in history. Have its consequences been exaggerated?

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How Important Was the Battle of Lepanto?

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The #OttomansEmpire was defeated at the Battle of Lepanto #OnThisDay in 1571.

The great sea battle was seen as a pivotal moment in history. Have its consequences been exaggerated?

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How Important Was the Battle of Lepanto?

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The Diver of Paestum: Youth, Eros and the Sea in #AncientGreece by Tonio Hölscher – and translated by Robert Savage – searches beneath the surface for the meaning behind a beguiling fresco.

✍️ Philippa Joseph reviews the recent #historybook

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‘The Diver of Paestum’ by Tonio Hölscher review

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#SaintAugustine was educated for a #Roman world, but it was his time in North Africa that shaped his identity, his faith, and Christianity itself.

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Saint Augustine: An African in the City of God

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The #OttomanEmpire was defeated by a Christian alliance at the Battle of Lepanto #OnThisDay in 1571.

The great sea battle was seen as a pivotal moment in history. Have its consequences been exaggerated?

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How Important Was the Battle of Lepanto?

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The Diver of Paestum: Youth, Eros and the Sea in #AncientGreece by Tonio Hölscher – and translated by Robert Savage – searches beneath the surface for the meaning behind a beguiling fresco.

✍️ Philippa Joseph reviews the recent #history book

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‘The Diver of Paestum’ by Tonio Hölscher review

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#Madagascar was among the prizes of Europe’s ruthless African land grab. When a US diplomat made plans for his own colonial enterprise, he found that the French had other ideas.

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The Scramble for Madagascar

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The Chamberlen family of surgeons sought to reform #earlymodern childbirth with a revolutionary new tool: the forceps.

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Doctor Chamberlen’s Forceps

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The #MoulinRouge opened #OnThisDay in 1889.

Behind the frothing petticoats and high kicks of this most Parisian of dances, the history of the #cancan is a story of Anglo-French exchange.

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From Music Hall to Moulin Rouge: A History of the Can-Can

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The Chamberlen family of surgeons sought to reform #earlymodern midwifery with a revolutionary new tool: the forceps.

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Doctor Chamberlen’s Forceps

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The #MoulinRouge opened #OnThisDay in 1889.

Behind the frothing petticoats and high kicks of this most Parisian of dances, the history of the can-can is a story of Anglo-French exchange.

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From Music Hall to Moulin Rouge: A History of the Can-Can

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In this week’s Miscellanies: the dismissal of a government scientist galvanised the American scientific community in the 1950s.

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