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[Tributes paid to York historian - 27 Jan 2012 TRIBUTES have been paid to a York achaeologist and historian who has died, aged 82.... [Win tickets to Horrible Histories' Terrible Tudors at Norwich Theatre Royal - 27 Jan 2012 It’s all a far cry from your traditional History classroom, dusty textbooks and dull documentaries, these horrible characters actually come to life! Running from February 20-24 the much loved Horrible Histories stage show will bring both The Terrible Tudors and The Vile Victorians to the Norwich Theatre Royal.... [Norway apology for Holocaust role - 27 Jan 2012 The Norwegian prime minister apologises for the role his country played in deporting Jews as Europe marks Holocaust Remembrance Day.... [Brian Cox, David Starkey and … Colin Firth; a new type of public intellectual' - 26 Jan 2012 The success of today and #39;s celebrity scientists may pave the way for a new generation of academics and, indeed, new public expectations of them After a year of science that has seen Brian Cox present a BBC primetime Night with the Stars, David Starkey being denounced as a historian for exchanging the library for the TV studio and celebrity academics launching the private New College of the ...... [Archaeologist aiming to find an award for Maryport dig - 19 Jan 2012 A renowned British archaeologist has been nominated for a national award for work he has completed in Maryport.... [Downton Abbey branded and #39;cultural necrophilia and #39; by historian Simon Schama - 18 Jan 2012 The leading historian said the costume drama starring Hugh Bonneville (pictured) and set in Edwardian Britain was and #39;hyper-overacted and #39; and and #39;cultural necrophilia and #39;.... [English Heritage backs new hotel proposals - 12 Jan 2012 AN INFLUENTIAL heritage organisation has backed plans for a 165-bedroom hotel in the shadow of York’s Bar Walls.... [Titanic artefacts to be auctioned - 29 Dec 2011 Thousands of artefacts recovered from the Titanic will be sold at auction in April 2012, one of several events marking a century since the sinking of the ocean liner....	[France adopts Armenian law making it illegal to deny WW1 Turkish genocide - 23 Jan 2012 A new bill – which was passed by 127 for votes to 86 against – will increase diplomatic tensions between Turkey and France, two Nato allies....	[Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum Will Demonstrate 18th Century Use Of Unicorn Root, Dragon and #39;s Blood - 27 Jan 2012 Two upcoming and #34;Wonders of Science and #34; presentations will teach you all about 18th century uses of Unicorn Root, Dragon and #39;s Blood -- used as a varnish and as toothpaste -- and so much more.... [Queen Victoria's tiara turns up in a Highgate home - 25 Jan 2012 A dazzling tiara belonging to Queen Victoria turned up in a private Highgate home last week, Heathman was surprised to learn.... [Book reveals the Welsh were not just exploited at the time of the British Empire, they were also exploiters - 18 Jan 2012 A WELSH historian who believes Wales’ part in the British Empire has been largely ignored has produced a new book to put the record straight.... [Is cartoon comparing Michelle Obama to Marie Antoinette racist' - 10 Jan 2012 The image has Mrs Obama and #39;s face grafted on to a 1775 portrait by Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty and has been altered so that she is pointing at a globe....	[Polish lawmakers don Guy Fawkes masks to protest ACTA - 27 Jan 2012 Thousands roil Polish streets – more protests planned for Friday Over 30 Polish lawmakers held up paper replicas of the Guy Fawkes mask, made famous by both Anoymous hacktivists and the Occupy movement, during a protest in parliament of their country and #39;s signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the EU and #39;s highly controversial online-piracy legislation.…... [Portraits From 16th Century and Sculpture at Sperone Westwater - 26 Jan 2012 Expansive shows at Sperone Westwater feature portraits from as far back as the 16th century and marble sculptures from 350 B.C. to the present.... [Odd 17th Century remedies study - 26 Jan 2012 ...and other old medical remedies revealed by Swansea historian... [Michelangelo Signorile: Romney Millions Fuel Anti-Gay Crusade - 24 Jan 2012 Surely one among many realities Mitt Romney hoped he could keep on the down low regarding his tax returns is how much tax-exempt money he...... [Brampton pupils come face-to-face with Samuel Pepys' diary - 19 Jan 2012 CHILDREN at Brampton Village Primary School have been finding out about the village’s most famous resident Samuel Pepys thanks to a £13,500 grant from The Heritage Lottery Fund.... [Sarah Sands: The Tudors are the seasoned beams of British history - 07 Jan 2012 The historian Niall Ferguson once complained that schoolchildren are taught only about Henry VIII and the world wars. Yes, but let and #39;s face it, these are the blockbusters of British history....	['Romans won't stop house building plan' - 27 Jan 2012 THE boss of the company behind plans for a £65 million housing boom in Allerdale does not believe the Romans will stand in his way.... [Medieval flashmob to rouse York residents - 26 Jan 2012 SHOPPERS in York city centre will find themselves in the middle of a flashmob with a difference this weekend, as performing arts students stage impromptu medieval dance mobs.... [Viking death squads found in mass grave shows how Anglo-Saxons hit back at the invaders - 24 Jan 2012 Researcher Dr Britt Baillie claims to have worked out why 54 decapitated bodies, pictured, were found in Dorset in 2009 and will reveal all in a documentary screened tonight.... [View sought on proposed Magna Carta visitor centre - 12 Jan 2012 RUNNYMEDE Borough Council is asking organisations and the public for their input on uses for a proposed Magna Carta anniversary visitors’ centre.... [Adam Kirsch: America and the Roman Empire - 02 Jan 2012 In a famous passage in “Civilization and Its Discontents,” Sigmund Freud compares the mind to a city with an ancient history: Now let us make the fantastic supposition that Rome were not a human dwelling-place, but a mental entity with just as long and varied a past . . . (Subscription required.)... [St Thomas Becket - and #34;I am prepared to die for my Lord, so that in my blood the Church will attain liberty and peace and #34; - 30 Dec 2011 This post is a bit and #39;late in the day and #39; - although it is still (just about) the Feast of St Thomas Becket, the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury....


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