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Catastrophe - The British Sink Their Own Flagship
In 1893, the HMS Victoria, the Royal Navy’s most powerful battleship and a symbol of British maritime dominance, was tragically destroyed during a naval demonstration in Tripoli due to a miscalculated ...
6 of the best cruise ships that you must travel on in your lifetime
The journey is often as good as the destination when it comes to a cruise and there are many ships that are just as ...
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Exhibition tells the story of the slaves who fueled Britain’s postal empire
A small photo of a woman carrying two lumps of coal is unlike any image of a woman carrying two lumps of coal you could ...
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“None of Us Knows What the Future Will Deliver”
Heather Cox Richardson spoke at an event marking the 250th anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns at Boston’ ...
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In the United States’ early years, a trade war launched by Thomas Jefferson ended in disaster
President Trump plunged the global economy into chaos on April 2 by announcing a wave of tariffs on U.S. imports. In a ...
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The rise, rise and rise of capitalism (XVI)
However, the vital importance of oil to the evolution of human civilisation had to wait until after the Second World War when ...
The American experiment launched with the sound of gunshots
The American semiquincentennial begins now, marking the 250th anniversary of this country’s founding. Like the bicentennial ...