Debt has always been the ruin of great powers. Is the US next?
From Habsburg Spain to Trump’s America, there’s no escaping the consequences of spending more on interest payments than on ...
A pump from the past: How market town has England's last-ever street-side gas filling station... And it's still going strong!
The single-pump filling station is attached to a shop front on the High Street of the small market town of of Wainfleet All ...
Letters from 1930s 'lonely hearts' asked mayor for romantic help
Two "lonely heart" letters from the 1930s have been uncovered which give an insight into the search for long-distance romance ...
A spurious U.S. ‘realism’ about Ukraine flirts with catastrophe
In Robert Harris’s meticulously researched novel about 1938, the leaders of four nations — Germany, Italy, France, Britain — ...
Archaeologists discover London's first Roman basilica under office building
An office building from the 1930s in London was about to be demolished — until remnants of the city’s first Roman basilica ...
Taking Sudbury's nickel mines part of U.S. invasion plan of the 1930s
But if they succeeded in taking Halifax, the U.S. would move on to capture Montreal, seize control of the Great Lakes waterways and take the nickel mines in Sudbury “in order to provide a sufficient ...
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How the U.S. planned to annex Canada if victorious in a larger war with Britain
If the U.S. lost, they assumed Canada would ask for 'Alaska be awarded to her,' notes short-lived 1930s war strategy War ... did decide to go to war against Britain, here’s how they envisioned ...
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The family secret that led to the Princess Royal being called Anne
Anne is one of the most popular names for queens in English history but after the 18th century, it all but disappeared from ...
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The 'lonely heart' letters searching for a 1930s Valentine
The letters looking for love were sent to the Lord Mayor of Belfast from England and the USA. Two "lonely hearts" letters from the 1930s have been uncovered which give an insight into the search ...
'We used to be dotty about bicycles': Cyclist discovers over 100 hidden-in-plain-sight 1930s cycleways across the UK - and argues that 'the best of them' could be brough…
Britain's first protected cycle track was built ... although the one from Romford to Southend was more than 15 miles long.
US is making same terrifying mistake that's destroyed every previous advanced civilization, historian warns
Historian Niall Ferguson claims that the United States could be headed to the same ruin of every previous advanced civilization if it doesn't fix one of its biggest problems.