However, a series of short articles accompanies Einstein’s piece and serves to simplify and decode the complex theories, much as Nature’s ‘News & Views’ section would from the 1960s onwards.Lockyer took science journalism seriously, and his sense of a good story was one of his strengths...
The Forbidden Garden of Leningrad — a promise of new life amid war Simon Parkin tells the story of heroic botanists who put the safety of their seed bank ahead of their own during the Nazis’ siege November 21 2024 FT SeriesThe best books of the year 2024 ...
At the end of last year,OnSide, a UK youth charity, found that 77 per cent of young people spent most of their leisure time at home, with 51 per cent in their rooms. At the same time, anxiety and depression among teens have increased. In the UK, theNHS reportsthat in 2022, one ...
Dodd Hotel was owned by James Madison Dodd, 1828-1895. A businessman and Milton County constable, he operated a livery stable and barn on the north side of the street. The two-story hotel boarded cotton traders, drummers, court attendees and teachers. Dodd’s wife, Sara Ann Wynn Dodd,...
(Note that in the UK, the book’s subtitle is: ‘Abraham Lincoln and America’s Road to Civil War’: this is not a story we are as familiar with on this side of the Atlantic).” Read more... Notable Nonfiction Books of Mid-2024 Sophie Roell, Journalist Buy now Spice: The 16th...
The occasion of the tragic death of Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, the chief magistrate at Bow Street, has brought to light a sensational story of a daring attempt on his life by suffragettes. Two women made a determined effort to push him over some steep cliffs at Margate. There were obvious ...
The first great Shakespeare Library - A forgotten Birmingham story In Birmingham, Civic Gospel, Shakespeare, Everything to Everybody, Ewan Fernie, George Dawson, How Birmingham and Shakespeare won the American Midwest In Birmingham, Shakespeare, Everything to Everybody, Ewan Fernie, George Dawson,...
Observed by more than a billion people across faiths, this five-day festival of lights brings prayer, feasts, fireworks and, for some, a new year.
The West in the World relates the story of how the west has transformed - and been transformed by - the rest of the world. The authors examine the West's contributions to the world and how the west has changed and embraced new ideas through contact with the people outside its center. ...
A True Story of a #West Virginia Heroine Heroism of Miss Elizabeth Zane by Nagel & Weingaertner During the #American Revolution, Wheeling, West Virginia, was a small garrison on the edge of the frontier. It was called Fort Henry, named after Gov. Patrick Henry. On September 10, 1782, th...