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Be on your guard, 1791
Or a history of… an old scam
Sep 25 • Andrew Chapman
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A history of… pizza
Jun 13, 2025 • Paul Lenz
A history of… pineapples
Jun 27, 2025 • Paul Lenz
A history of… playing cards
Jan 10, 2025 • Paul Lenz
A history of… blue jeans
May 16, 2025 • Paul Lenz
A history of… sandwiches
Would you eat one made with cheese that has been “coloured with the juice of sheep’s dung”?
Sep 18 • Paul Lenz
The elephant in the room, 1826
Who would welcome the prick of a gimblet?
Sep 11 • Andrew Chapman
A history of… air conditioning (Part 2)
Benjamin Franklin saw “...the possibility of freezing a man to death on a warm summer's day”
Sep 4 • Paul Lenz
Dirty eructations, 1793
You can trust a priest… right?
Aug 28 • Andrew Chapman
A history of… air conditioning (Part 1)
Transporting ice thousands of miles by ship was a "slippery speculation"
Aug 21 • Paul Lenz
Bloody, but unbowed, 1875
Will the real Long John Silver please stand up?
Aug 14 • Andrew Chapman
A history of… the Wow! signal and the Fermi paradox
Where is everybody?
Aug 7 • Paul Lenz
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Behind the scenes at Mole End, 1919
And how a US President helped. But who drove the magic carpet?
Jul 24 • Andrew Chapman
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