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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| Issues | 294 | Founded | 8 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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A history of… coffee (Part 3)
In my previous piece I explored the spread of coffee across Europe, and how coffee shops played an important role in developing some aspects of modern society. What I perhaps didn’t make clear was the extent to which they did so while still...
Gunfire at the bank, 1903
As with many a drama, the details took time to emerge – some quickly, some less so, and with varying degrees of reliability. The earliest report I can find is from the Pall Mall Gazette of 24th November, 1903. This is how it begins:
OUTRAG...
A history of… coffee (Part 2)
In my previous piece I explored how coffee spread from Ethiopia to Yemen and then across the Islamic world (with the odd stutter along the way). In today’s post I’ll examine how this morning pick-me-up arrived in Western Europe and the impa...
‘Travels at home’, 1769
Last week saw the 250th anniversary of the birth of Britain’s perhaps most renowned landscape painter, John Constable,1 an occasion being fanfared across his native Suffolk with three exhibitions. But last week also saw another anniversary...
A history of… coffee (Part 1)
I am addicted to coffee. Actually, I am addicted to caffeine – coffee is just the method by which I choose to consume it. It helps that I really like the taste of coffee too though. The few times I have tried to completely cold turkey on ca...
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Writer, walker, book designer, nonfic book publishing consultant and editor of three history-related magazines.
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