James Tilly Matthews is one of the first well-documented cases of someone suffering from what was probably paranoid schizophrenia. His delusions featured an influencing machine, the Air Loom. Visitors to the Bethlem Museum of the Mind may have seen a p…
民衆のブラック・ツイッター史 第1部：Coming Together (2008–12年)
日本におけるツイッター史があるように、米国の黒人には「ブラック・ツイッター」があった。「#UknowUrBlackWhen（あなたが黒人だとわかるのはいつ）」から「#BlackLivesMatter（黒人の命も大切だ）」まで、ゆるやかなオンラインネットワークが、いかにして巨大なポップカルチャーとなり、社会正義の原動力となり、未来を見通すレンズとなったのかを追う民衆史。第1部はその黎明期から変革前夜まで。
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The Guardian view on blue plaques: time to redress the balance | Editorial
There is more to blue plaques than dead white men – and English Heritage knows itCommemorative plaques on the facades of Britain’s buildings are an unlikely source of joy. Especially during the pandemic, when urban inhabitants have been more than usual…
“Barista” is a fascist neologism
The History Guy presents a Brief History of Coffee On the popular YouTube channel The History Guy Lance Geiger explores “short snippets of forgotten history” ranging from the Los Angeles Chinese Massacre of 1871 to the history of housecats. He’s also …
Two French kings were killed by this game
A history of and my first go at MEDIEVAL TENNIS Real tennis, or court tennis, is currently played in the United Kingdom (which has over half of the world’s active courts,) the United States, Australia, and France. (There is an effort in Ireland to rev…
X-rays reveal censored portions of Marie Antoinette’s letters to Swedish count
French Queen had secret correspondence with her rumored lover, Hans Axel von Fersen
leather, gray suits, motorcycles, folding chairs, and queer history
Aphyr, a gay leatherman, writes a history of “the relationship between queer leather and the larger LGBTQ community” covering the first few decades of Pride celebrations. “I want to give fellow LGBTQ people—both kinky and vanilla—an understanding of th…
Scotland Is Now the First Country to Require LGBTQ+ History in Schools
The new curriculum will also incorporate queer topics into everyday learning. More info from scot.gov. [via]
That village near Gomorrah got too hot for Lot
The city’s destruction was associated with some unknown high-temperature event. An interdisciplinary research team claims that the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam (present-day Jordan) was destroyed by a meteor, or comet which detonated in mid-air. It ma…
The Great Calamity of the Age
An oral history of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, compiled from eyewitness accounts by Robert Loerzel.