Historical clothing design of the day is from the Pigs in History series Abraham Linkoln. Each day a new design[…]
June 2011
Why aboriginal Canadians respect the Crown
The big news this week is that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be in Ottawa for Canada’s 144th[…]
Gangsters are a hit with Chicago tourists
When Louise Leach planned her vacation, she had three priorities for her visit here: “architecture, pizza and gangsters.” Leach, 63,[…]
Review – ‘Ethan Allen’ explores the personality of a patriot
Type “Ethan Allen” (1738-89) into a Google search and you will find some wonderful decorating ideas. Oh, wait, was he[…]
1,400-year-old St Paul fresco discovered in ancient Roman catacomb
The fresco was found during restoration work at the Catacombs of San Gennaro (Saint Januarius) in the southern port city[…]
Family History – Welsh Canadian
Historical clothing design of the day is from my genealogy series, Welsh Canadian. Each day a new design is chosen[…]
Halifax a hotbed of history
Harbour and history are knotted here like a sailor’s bowline. Whether your vantage point is a tall ship cruising around[…]
Google Maps, circa 1570
Late 16th-century Jerusalem is “the most famous of Judea and the entire East, whose size and splendor marvels the imagination”[…]
Review – The Last Dance: 1936 by Denys Blakeway
Every year has its place in history, but few have been more pivotal to Britain than 1936. Portrayed in Denys[…]
History of the British settlement of Sydney
The white settlement of the country over the following decades led to a sharp drop in the country’s Aboriginal population,[…]