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On This Day: Disaster at Isandlwana
January 22nd, 1879: The attempt to extend British colonial influence into Zululand is met with fierce resistance as Zulu warriors rout...
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Tastes Of History
Nov 25, 2022
Victorian Schools
We have an image that school days in Victorian Britain were strict and corporal punishment rife. Daily life in the elementary school,...
Tastes Of History
Nov 21, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Victorian Innovation
The Sun never sets When Victoria succeeded to the throne in 1837, Britain was already a global maritime trading power. From the late...
Tastes Of History
Nov 1, 2022
Ladies, Lamps and the Crimean War
The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18th, 1815, saw the final defeat and exile of Napoleon Bonaparte. Out of a common fear of...
Tastes Of History
Aug 15, 2022
Food History: The Inimitable Mrs Beeton
Isabella Mary Beeton (née Mayson) was born on March 14th, 1836. Better known simply as Mrs Beeton, she was an English journalist, editor...
Tastes Of History
Feb 26, 2022
On This Day: 'Women and children first'
February 26th, 1852: 450 perish as the troopship HMS Birkenhead is wreaked off Danger Point on the Western Cape of South Africa. HMS...
Tastes Of History
Jan 29, 2022
On This Day: The VC introduced
January 29th, 1856: The Victoria Cross is introduced. In 1854, after 39 years of peace, Britain found itself fighting a major war against...
Tastes Of History
Nov 29, 2021
Black Friday
On November 18th, 1910, three hundred female protesters marched to the Houses of Parliament as part of their campaign to secure voting...
Tastes Of History
Sep 23, 2020
Dispelling Some Myths: An Attack of the "Vapours"
Here at Tastes Of History we are avid watchers of the BBC's "Bargain Hunt". If you are unfamiliar with the show, two teams of amateur...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
A Very Victorian Christmas
In another first for Tastes Of History, we travelled to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight to support English Heritage's 'Victorian...
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