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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Popular posts at Histories
We’re having a short break this week. Here, in case you’ve missed them before, are some past highlights – the five most popular posts from each of us.
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A history of…
Of Paul’s delvings into all sorts of aspects on everyda...
Behind the scenes at Mole End, 1919
Last time I told the story of the Secretary of the Bank of England being threatened at gunpoint by the troubled George Frederick Robinson, and I ended with a teaser about the Secretary’s other life. If you’ve heard the story before, you’ll...
A history of… association football (Part 2)
In my last piece I explored the development of ball games from Ancient Greece and China up to the late middle ages. In England there were games called football that were little more than barely organised riots, but nothing akin to a formal,...
A history of… association football (Part 1)
I don’t follow sports.1 Some ten hours after I started typing these words England will be playing Norway in the World Cup quarter final but I won’t be watching, I simply have no interest in it, or rather no emotional engagement with it.2 To...
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...
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Writer, walker, book designer, nonfic book publishing consultant and editor of three history-related magazines.
I am someone who is overwhelmed with curiosity about the history of everyday objects
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