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Britain and Russia were notably enemies during the Crimean War (1853-1856). However, the two countries briefly clashed during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Yet, Britain and Russia were allies for most of the coalition wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France (1792-1815). So, what prompted the Anglo-Russian War in 1807? The answer lies in Napoleon’s […]
At the beginning of 1890, Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African countries, contacted the leaders of the Western powers to announce his accession to the throne. To his shock, his correspondents informed the emperor that all his diplomatic relations should be handled by the Italian government, as Ethiopia […]
Who was the more successful? Who was the more capable? Who accumulated the most victories? Who has the greatest legacy? Who is better loved by modern historians? Let us step back into 19th-century Europe and attempt to discover, out of the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte, who was the better man? Wellington […]
Among other wins for women artists on Wednesday night, the 21st-century Evening Sale at Christie’s New York made art market history with the record-setting sale of Miss January by contemporary South African painter Marlene Dumas. Hammering in at $13.6 million with fees, the 1997 painting is now the most expensive work by a living female […]
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This week we’re going to do something a bit silly, in part because I have to prepare for and travel to an invited workshop/talk event later this week and so don’t have quite the time for a more normal ‘full’ post and in part because it is fun to be silly sometimes (and we might … Continue reading Collections: Alexander Goes West (A Silly Counterfactual) →
Today I have found some "space crafting" : ) projects for you. Make Your Own Space Station is a series of cards that show you how to built some cute little space toys. It seems to have been part of of series of crafting cards of projects you could make from household objects. Probably a little strange but also a lot of fun to try. Make Your Own Space Station. (Spears Games Project Cards.) New York: Ace Publishing. (10 cards.) 1970.
Britain and Russia were notably enemies during the Crimean War (1853-1856). However, the two countries briefly clashed during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Yet, Britain and Russia were allies for most of the coalition wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France (1792-1815). So, what prompted the Anglo-Russian War in 1807? The answer lies in Napoleon’s […]
“We stayed in boarding houses with similar families, made intense friendships and lived on the memories through the following winter!” – Barry Lewis on magic holidays in Blackpool, Lancashire Since Victorian times Blackpool on Britain’s north west coast has been the country’s most popular seaside resort, Synonymous with wide sandy beaches, donkey rides, … Continue reading "Blackpool 1984–1989" The post Blackpool 1984–1989 appeared first on Flashbak.
