Phoenix Rising: Urban Planning after the Great Fire of London
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This post summarizes the Great Fire of London that occurred in 1666 and the plans that were proposed for rebuilding the city.
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Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95 She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world. By Bill Chappell https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5685027/gladys-west-gps-mathematician #science #technology #womeninstem image
Grains of sand prove people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge rocks Ask people how Stonehenge was built and you’ll hear stories of sledges, ropes, boats and sheer human determination to haul stones from across Britain to Salisbury Plain, in south-west England. by Anthony Clarke and Chris Kirkland
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Grains of sand prove people – not glaciers – transported Stonehenge rocks
A new study shows the monument’s most exotic stones did not arrive by chance but were instead deliberately selected and transported.
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How America’s First Nonbinary Minister Created True Equality in the Newly Born United States "Nina Sankovitch on “Universal Friend,” the Genderless Messenger of God Who Aimed to Save Lost Souls and Preach Universal Salvation"
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How America’s First Nonbinary Minister Created True Equality in the Newly Born United States
In the spring of 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John, asking him to “Remember the Ladies” as he and the other (all male) representat...
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"The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as “The Styles Case” has now somewhat subsided." Opening lines #OTD in 1920. Agatha Christie’s first novel is published in the U.K. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the first detective novel by Dame Agatha Christie, introducing her fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was written in the middle of the First World War, in 1916. The Mysterious Affair at Syles at PG:
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Why we love literary anniversaries In 2026 there is another slew of big anniversaries, marking the tercentenary of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, and 200 years since the ever-relevant Mary Shelley’s The Last Man. by Amy Wilcockson
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Why we love literary anniversaries
Celebrating literary anniversaries centres on many things including cultural connection, nostalgia, pride and a sense of belonging.
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 The Last man:
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 Winnie-the-Pooh:
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 The murder of Roger Ackroyd:
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What Is the Origin of the Calendar? The modern calendar borrows influences from a collective of early calendars such as the Jewish, the Babylonian, the Roman, and the Egyptian calendars. by Mike Cohen
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The modern calendar borrows influences from a collective of early calendars such as the Jewish, the Babylonian, the Roman, and the Egyptian calendars.
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