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Travels round the edge of history

David Bowen

Intriguing history from intriguing places, by David Bowen

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How India reached for the stars

We were in Jaipur just after New Year. It was bitterly cold, which was a little surprising, but we wandered around absorbing the energy - most exuberantly expressed in the driving - and the beauty of Rajasthan’s biggest city. We came to per...

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New country, new art: Norway and its stylish phoenix

At 2am on 23rd January 1904, a cow kicked over a burning torch in the Ålesund Preserving Company. A gale from the southwest was blowing, and despite fervent efforts by firefighters, the fire spread across the town. When daylight came, 850 o...

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Powdered wigs or clan loyalty: the Highland chiefs' conundrum

Donne and I drove east from Tarbert, the main town on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, and crossed a bridge to the island of Scalpay. We walked around it in a couple of hours. At the eastern tip we could see the red and white strip...

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The 1911 Quiz: Number Nine

Each question is taken from an entry in this volume, which runs from GIC to HAR. What is the entry? I’ve written a piece on the background to the quiz here. Even if you don’t know an answer, I hope you find the explanation below enlightenin...

22 days ago
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The Manhattan of the thirteenth century

I spent a few days wandering around Visby, the capital of Gotland in the Baltic. It isn’t large – 25,000 people, many living within the mediæval walls – but there really is a lot to see. It’s not surprising that it’s a World Heritage site b...

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