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Tastes Of History

Oct 25

Dispelling Some Myths: the “two finger salute”

Dispelling the myth of the two-finger salute or V-sign originated in the Medieval period.

Tastes Of History

Sep 25

About History: “By hook or by crook”

In the September edition of BBC History magazine Anatoly Liberman, professor at the University of Minnesota and author of An Analytic...

Tastes Of History

Jul 24

About History: Press-ganging

Impressment, colloquially known as ‘the press’ or the ‘press gang’, was a means by which European navies could forcibly compel men into...

Tastes Of History

May 29

Dispelling Some Myths: Wreckers and smugglers

Wrecking Wrecking is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered or run aground close to shore. Wrecks were...