10 of my favourite little known historical facts, part 3
Here I am, back again to help you get through the Easter revision with a third lot of amazing factoids. Turn your world upside down In the 1870s, there was a surge of books using the word ‘pokemon’. In the Cornish dialect, pokemon meant ‘clumsy’. In the mid 19th century, Cornish glossaries and dictionaries […]
10 of my favourite little known historical facts, part 2
It’s your favourite History fanatic, back to help you through holiday revision with another lot of amazing factoids. Enjoy having your world turned upside down…. The story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin really happened. No one is sure what the piper is a symbol for, or why the children disappeared, but a stained glass […]
10 of my favourite little known historical facts, part 1
If you enjoyed my Christmas facts, this should blow your mind Stonehenge would have already been in ruins by the time Jesus was born Easter Island Moai figures were ‘walked’ to where they needed to go by aid of ropes. When the indigenous people told European explorers that the statues walked there, they were […]
LGBT History Month
You might not know this, but February is LGBT History month and also the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality, which means a tonne of events going on up and down the country. Mainly in London, which is annoying because I sort of want to go to everything, but Leicester have also […]
Ten Historical Christmas Facts part two
Once again, I’ve gone through the archives of the reputable sites that only a third year would know to bring you ten (more) historically accurate Christmas facts for you to delight your family and friends with this Christmas Eve Recipes show that mince pies were in fact initially made from meat, as per the Tudor […]
Ten Historical Christmas Facts
Happy Holidays. I’ve trawled through the website of our overlords, Jstor, to find you the best, most historically accurate facts ever Prince Albert supposedly introduced the German tradition of indoor Christmas trees at Windsor Castle in 1841 In 1848, the Illustrated London Newspublished an illustration of the royal family gathered around a decorated Christmas tree, which […]
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