Histories
Andrew Chapman, Paul LenzRegular stories from the hidden corners of history. Histories uses the words of those who were there; The History of Things explores aspects of everyday life.
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Shoot the bishop! 1817
Regular readers of Histories will have perhaps noticed that I’m slightly obsessed with Charles Dickens. He seems to follow me around. (We’ve met him in America, we’ve had a one-to-one, we’ve marvelled at his big nose, we’ve seen him witness...
A history of… French fries (chips) Part One
A couple of years ago I wrote a piece about the history of crisps (potato chips) but I have to confess they are not my favourite form of wildly unhealthy deep-fried potato. No, that honour lies with the chip (French fry – apologies to my Br...
Lying clocks, 1908
Doing the research for my series on time I came across a fascinating story that I thought it would be interesting to share as a stand-alone piece. We are so used to having accurate time just sitting on our wrists, or available at our finger...
A history of… measuring time (Part 3)
In my last piece I left European time-keeping with clock-faces that dolorously (and often inaccurately) conveyed the time to any whose eyes happened upon them through the medium of a single hour-hand effortfully carving its way through a tw...
Singular coincidence? 1888
(Hello, I’m back! After a little break, I’m returning to write occasional pieces here again, in the original Histories format.)
It is a singular coincidence that the murder was committed during Bank Holiday night, and is almost identical...
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