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The history of #Christmas crackers: Who invented Christmas crackers? What were they originally called? Julian Humphrys explores the history of the Christmas cracker… bit.ly/46H2Wa8 #christmascrackers
#OTD in 1898 Marie and Pierre Curie announced the isolation of radium: bit.ly/46LK1Lr #womeninhistory #MarieCurie
Calling all Ricardians and fans of the #medieval era!
📻 Tune in to BBC Woman's Hour tomorrow at 10am to catch Philippa Langley discussing the years of ground-breaking research that resulted in her new book THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER and the Channel 4 documentary.👑 #RichardIII
Festive QI facts: 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the history of #Christmas - bit.ly/47G4OkK
Happy #Christmas Eve ! 🎅 🎁 🎄
'Jane Austen's Christmas' is essential reading for anyone interested in this period, or simply curious as to how #Christmas was celebrated in the past, this is a wonderful piece of indulgent nostalgia.
(📕 :bit.ly/3GgwdOl ) #JaneAusten
Delighted to see our book The Carry On Girls in Foyles Bookshop in London today!
Robert Ross Valerie Leon The History Press
‘Inspired and original’ - Hilary Mantel
'Jeoffry: The Poet's Cat' is on sale now via Kindle 📘 ✨ Check it out here: amzn.to/3N3BKeN Oliver Soden #catsoftwitter #kindlesale
I’m grateful to The History Press for sending me a copy of “The Princes in the Tower” by Philippa Langley. This is a link to my full review, but at almost 4000 words, I appreciate many won’t have time to read it. So a few points in summary.
royalhistorygeeks.com/leaps-of-logic…
What chance did he have? How Princess Elizabeth's starring role as a pantomime Aladdin filled Philip with something more than #Christmas spirit...
Words by Ian Lloyd, author of 'The Duke: 100 Chapters in the Life of Prince Philip'.
#QueenElizabethII
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
Why do we kiss under the #mistletoe ? Discover the Viking origins behind the festive tradition… bit.ly/3RcbKiH #Christmas #christmastraditions