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Museum Curators Discovered a 19th-Century Book Bound With the Skin of a Notorious Killer
Curators at Moyse’s Hall Museum (located in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk) just found an anthropodermic book hidden on an office ...
Review: ‘Translations’ at Writers Theatre plumbs the depths of a story of 19th century Ireland
This gorgeous staging of Brian Friel’s play has a cast that pulls you fully into the struggles their characters are going ...
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Before Sinners, Hailee Steinfeld re-imagined Emily Dickinson as a modern rebel in Apple TV+'s Dickinson
From its very debut episode, Dickinson made one thing crystal clear—it wasn’t concerned about playing by the rules. Apple TV+ ...
After outcry, Texas lawmakers tweak bill clarifying abortion ban exception
The bill had hit a stumbling block after abortion funds warned it could help revive a 19th century law that criminalizes ...
What’s up with Trump’s fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents?
Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, historians said.
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The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
To understand what made the late 19th century gilded, I spoke with Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, a mammoth history of America between the end of the ...
‘Bright Circle’ and ‘Margaret Fuller’: The Rise of the Transcendental Woman
Never mind Hawthorne and Thoreau— the women of mid-19th century New England had their own ambitions for writing and life.
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‘Rochester History’ explores deaf spaces in 19th-century New York
A partnership between RIT history department, RIT Press, and the Rochester Public Library relaunched the Rochester History ...
Tree rings provide a window into Quebec’s 19th century climate for researchers
Quebec tree rings dating back nearly 200 years indicate snowpack in the Gaspésie mountains has declined considerably in ...
A Book That Some Book Lovers Want To 'Burn'! UK Museum To Display Second ‘Human-Skin Covered’ Book
The Moyse's Hall Museum in the UK has recently found a book from the 1800s, that some book lovers want to ‘burn’! ‘Why’, you ...
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Museum Curators Discovered a 19th-Century Book Bound With the Skin of a Notorious Killer
They are typically artifacts from within the last century that get misplaced for ... although the exhibition isn’t without dispute. Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories, explained to ...