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Horrible History: Horse play
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Tastes Of History
May 31, 2023
Horrible History: 'Hollywood' Ninja
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
May 17, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Romans knew about bacteria
‘10 modern things the Romans had’ is a YouTube video created and hosted by Raffaello Urbani, who is otherwise known as ‘Metatron’. His...
Tastes Of History
May 10, 2023
Horrible History: Fight scenes
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
May 3, 2023
Horrible History Costume: Oddballs
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Apr 26, 2023
Horrible History Costume: Movie Armour
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Apr 19, 2023
Horrible History Costume: Hair
Introduction What follows was inspired by an @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Apr 5, 2023
Horrible History: Lighting the way
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Mar 29, 2023
Horrible History Costume: The ‘Hollywood’ Toga
Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...
Tastes Of History
Mar 22, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Who built the pyramids?
One of the more enduring popular ‘myths’ is the idea that the great pyramids at Giza in northern Egypt were constructed (c. 2575 - c....
Tastes Of History
Feb 10, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Roman Cheshire Cheese
The BBC’s Bargain Hunt has struck again. On this occasion the claim was made that Cheshire cheese was made by the Romans. That was news...
Tastes Of History
Dec 20, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Blitzkrieg’ was a ‘thing’
‘Blitzkrieg’ is a compound of two German words whose literal translation means ‘lightning war’ [1]. Military historians have defined...
Tastes Of History
Dec 8, 2022
About History: The Who’s Who of Beefeaters
It seems nobody knows for certain why the King’s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard are called ‘Beefeaters’. Over the years various...
Tastes Of History
Nov 13, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: 'Trench Art'
One of our favourite sources of entertainment and ideas for this Blog are derived from the BBC’s ‘Bargain Hunt’ television series. As...
Tastes Of History
Sep 19, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: about Pirates
Asked to imagine or indeed to portray a pirate, most people undoubtedly will have a certain look in mind. Who’s now thinking of Johnny...
Tastes Of History
Sep 13, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: Cleopatra the 'African' Queen
On August 17th, 2022 the Trimontium Trust (@TrimontiumTrust) reminded Twitter users that Queen Cleopatra of Egypt committed suicide on...
Tastes Of History
Aug 22, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: Lady Godiva’s naked ride
Did you know the city of Coventry has an official Lady Godiva? To be honest we didn’t until recently when we discovered that Pru Porretta...
Tastes Of History
Jul 5, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: A Short life
Average height One of the misconceptions about history is that people were shorter ‘back then’. Would it surprise you to know that the...
Tastes Of History
Jun 6, 2022
Dispelling Some Myths: Romans cleaned their teeth with Urine
While teaching primary school children about the Romans, and specifically hygiene, we have encountered the belief that they cleaned their...
Tastes Of History
May 27, 2022
Taking the pee: should you drink urine?
Urine has been used throughout history for many different uses. As a freely available product - everyone produces at least some each day...
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