Dearest Gentle Reader, Since 2020, Bridgerton has captivated the world with its dramatic costumes, Regency estates, and steamy romances. Executive producer Shonda Rhimes has breathed fresh life into...
Industrial class opulence, stark social inequality, and unmatched global influence, this mixture of power and disparity not only reshaped the political and social world but also left enduring cultural...
On September 25, 1775, Ethan Allen of Vermont was captured during the Battle of Longues-Pointe, his failed attempt to wrest Montreal from the British. After his storied capture of Fort Ticonderoga...
The nearly 200-year Choctaw Irish bond was celebrated in County Cork, Ireland in July 2017 with the dedication of "Kindred Spirits". The sculpture's nine steel feathers "represent the Choctaw Nation's...
Earlier this year, Readex announced the launch of the newly-digitized BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts collection. Below is a look into intercepted communications during the last week of...
One of the most important historical archives of the 20th century, BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts is now available for the first time as a digital primary source collection. Readex has...
March 1865 Liverpool, England. It stood in the center of the stage, at least six feet tall, perched on two-foot-tall supports, with a decorative crown of wood carved vines and fleur-de-lis. To...
That there were witches in the olden times is true, else the Bible fights against shadows: for it tells us not once but many times that there were witches. According to printed sources dating to the...
![Mother Shipton. [oil on panel, c. 1830] Gift from Mary Allott, 1997. The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_image/public/2020-07/Shipton%204.jpg?h=e9f8c3f7&itok=J4ZsBwGJ)
