This organised worrying was referred to as ‘lamentation’. It wasn’t only a personal matter – it was ritualised, institutionalised and shared throughout the entire society.We all know they anxious and lamented as a result of they wrote about...
The sanitary reformer Dr Southwood Smith vividly described a scene he was greeted with upon a go to to a Manchester privy in 1860: “The ground… is totally lined, a number of inches deep, with ashes and night-soil,...
The sanitary reformer Dr Southwood Smith vividly described a scene he was greeted with upon a go to to a Manchester privy in 1860: “The ground… is totally lined, a number of inches deep, with ashes and night-soil,...
Shakespeare is now a towering determine of world theatre. However within the 1590s, he was simply an up-and-coming younger playwright, making an attempt to scratch out a residing in Shoreditch's rising theatre scene. Daniel Swift revisits this early...
Saturday seventh June, 8pmIt’s 50 years since Steven Spielberg’s Jaws was launched, a movie that in lots of respects invented the summer season blockbuster. All of which is excuse sufficient for Jon Harvey to current a historical past...
From medieval Islamic roots and conquest by successive dynasties, to French colonial rule and a contemporary evolution, Marrakech has a wealthy heritage – and plenty of eye-catching monuments.Journey author and historical past buff Paul Bloomfield takes a visit...
Journey author and historical past buff Paul Bloomfield and historian Laila Ellmoos discover the historical past of an iconic Australian vacationer vacation spot – Sydney. Collectively they introduce the Aboriginal peoples; conventional house owners and custodians of the...
Beijing’s historical past stretches again many centuries, so how has it survived and grow to be the quickly altering capital of one of many world's fastest-growing economies?Journey author and historical past buff Paul Bloomfield joins author and broadcaster...
From early Taino inhabitants to Spanish colonisation and seize by the British, by means of the period of the transatlantic slave commerce as much as independence and the expansion of the fashionable metropolis, Kingston is a metropolis with...
Buenos Aires is a various and multinational metropolis with a brief however vibrant historical past. On this episode, educational Jason Wilson leads journey author and historical past buff Paul Bloomfield by the barrios of the Argentine capital to...