Date: May 28thCategory: Hidden Histories | Resistance Networks | Wartime Communication Think all great rebels carried swords or shouted in squares? Some rode bicycles.Some hid leaflets in loaves of bread.Some simply knocked on a door and said, “A letter for…
Date: May 27thCategory: Hidden Histories | Cultural Resistance | Bookish Revolution Whispers in the stacks. Smuggled leaflets between the covers of Dickens. Underground newspapers tucked beside the encyclopaedias. Throughout history, libraries have been far more than places to borrow books…
Date: May 22ndCategory: Hidden Histories | Craft as Protest | Resistance & Espionage Forget digital encryption — the original resistance tech was needle and thread. For centuries, especially in times of war and oppression, textiles became a secret language. Quilts,…
Date: May 4thCategory: Hidden Histories | Women in Resistance You may know May 4th as Star Wars Day — but in the grand tradition of rebellion, we think it’s time to honour some real rebels in real empires. While Jedi…
Dust off your passports and prepare for an adventure, time travellers, because we’re heading to Paris, on January 31, 1893, to witness the birth of Dame Freya Stark, one of the 20th century’s most intrepid explorers and travel writers. Born…
Pack your bags for Calais, France, in January 1558, and prepare to witness the final chapter of England’s centuries-long foothold on the Continent. On January 7, 1558, English forces were ousted from this strategically vital port by the French, marking…
Time Travel Destination Guide: January 6, 1367 – Bordeaux, Aquitaine, and the Birth of Richard II, the Future King of England Pack your finest medieval garb and prepare for a weekend of royal festivities, intrigue, and history in Bordeaux, Aquitaine,…
Attention, time-travellers with a flair for festivity: if you’re looking for a historical celebration steeped in opulence and meaning, join the court of a monarch on Epiphany (January 6). This Christian feast day, marking the visit of the Magi to…
Step back in time to the birthplace of Madame Tussaud, the waxwork maestro who turned art into an enduring spectacle of fame and history. On December 7, 1761, Marie Grosholtz—later known as Madame Tussaud—was born in Strasbourg, France. From her…
