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Dispelling Some Myths: Animals roamed Medieval streets

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8 hours ago

Dispelling Some Myths: Animals roamed Medieval streets

Despite the best efforts of historians, the internet is still awash with misconceptions about the Middle Ages. Many of these ideas were...

Tastes Of History

Dec 11

About History: the Spear Part One

The spear’s endearing simplicity has seen it adopted by virtually all cultures and societies across the globe. Indeed, the history of the...

Tastes Of History

Dec 4

Horrible History: Brace yourself

Correcting a documentary faux pas, discover the history behind men's braces (suspenders if you prefer).

Dispelling Some Myths: Medieval ignorance is bliss?

Tastes Of History

Nov 27

Dispelling Some Myths: Medieval ignorance is bliss?

Debunking the idea that people in the Middle Ages were ignorant and uneducated.

A Brief History of Food: The humble tin can

Tastes Of History

Oct 30

A Brief History of Food: The humble tin can

I wonder how many of us take the humble tin can for granted? Have you ever stopped to think of the origins of this omnipresent object as...

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...

On This Day: The Spanish Armada is sighted

Tastes Of History

Jul 29

On This Day: The Spanish Armada is sighted

July 29th, 1588: On this day in 1588, the fearsome Spanish Armada is sighted off England’s southern coast.

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...

Dispelling Some Myths: Wreckers and smugglers

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...

Tastes Of History

May 1

Maasai “Lion” Spear

Pictured below is a spear recovered from an outbuilding at a former family residence, at the time called “Parthia”, in Beckhampton,...

Dispelling Some Myths: Upside down Union Flags

Tastes Of History

Apr 23

Dispelling Some Myths: Upside down Union Flags

The Union Flag pictured hangs in an upper hall of a London school recently visited by Tastes Of History to deliver a “Knight and Castles”...

Tastes Of History

Mar 31

Dispelling Some Myths: Crucifixion

Crucifixion?...Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each. Next... Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which...

Tastes Of History

Mar 20

A Brief History of Food: Fish ‘n’ Chips

Recently the BBC broadcast an episode of “Rick Stein’s Food Stories” that stated the origin of fish and chips lay with the Portuguese who...

Tastes Of History

Mar 1

About History: Named after a Battle

In an earlier article we explored the origin of the French dish Chicken à la Marengo which was named, according to a popular myth, after...

Tastes Of History

Feb 21

A Brief History of Food: Hares

For some time we, at Tastes Of History, believed the hare was a native species in Britain belonging to the genus Lepus [1]. A recent post...

Tastes Of History

Feb 12

On This Day: The Forgotten Queen

February 12th, 1554: England's forgotten queen, Lady Jane Grey, is executed for treason. In most popular histories, and as taught in...

Tastes Of History

Feb 7

A Brief History of Food: Pizza

While working in one of our favourite schools, the book ‘Roman Adventure’ (pictured right) was discovered and was instantly intriguing...

Tastes Of History

Jan 10

About History: Grenade!

In warfare, throwing weapons at your enemies has a very long history indeed. In its simplest form, rocks could be hand-thrown by early...

A Brief History of Food: Chicken à la Marengo

Tastes Of History

Nov 3, 2023

A Brief History of Food: Chicken à la Marengo

Chicken à la Marengo is a French dish, similar to chicken à la Provençale, that consists of a chicken sautéed in oil with garlic and...

Food History: What did ancient Egyptians eat?

Tastes Of History

Oct 26, 2023

Food History: What did ancient Egyptians eat?

The longevity of ancient Egyptian society, some 3,500 years, was largely because they had the good fortune to live in a sunny land,...

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