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Issue 29: how the world’s most famous vampire ended up in Essex
The evidence of the real-life inspiration for Dracula’s English home, Carfax.
Nov 4, 2022
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Issue 26: how an unsuccessful invention left a lasting impression
One man’s failure was another man’s fortune.
Sep 23, 2022
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Issue 24: Victorian prostitutes’ favourite feats of engineering and architecture
Who doesn’t want to work somewhere with the ‘wow factor’?!
Aug 26, 2022
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Issue 23: that old book smell
A little round-up of stories about archiving, eating, and getting high on ‘bibliosmia’*
Aug 12, 2022
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Issue 22: the enduring, charismatic traffic light men of eastern Berlin
How an accessible, scientifically based design became a cult figure and survived German reunification.
Jul 29, 2022
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Issue 28: interview with a death historian
Louvain Rees explains what her job is all about and shares some of her favourite discoveries.
Oct 21, 2022
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Issue 15: the seamstress of the bird world
Extraordinary needlework in – and on – nature.
Apr 22, 2022
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Issue 10: the secret history of occult arts in 19th Century Australia
Folk magic and superstition were alive and well among Australia’s English colonisers.
Feb 11, 2022
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Issue 6: for posterity
How time can render the everyday extraordinary. (Historians of the future will thank you.)
Mar 26, 2021
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Issue 13: why are London’s first sewerage pumping stations so beautiful?
An exploration of anomalous Victorian-era architecture.
Mar 25, 2022
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Issue 3: snippets from 2020
An almost certainly incomplete list of the things we saw (mainly online) this year that we liked.
Dec 25, 2020
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Issue 5: cheese and witchcraft
These are two of my favourite things; here’s a couple of stories about them.
Feb 26, 2021
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