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#OnThisDay in 1986, Reactor IV exploded at the #Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Soviet #Ukraine .
In 2021, Daniel Fuller reflected on how the twin disasters of Challenger and Chernobyl shattered the confidence in technology that had shaped the #ColdWar
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#OnThisDay in 1986, Reactor IV exploded at the #Chernobyl nuclear power plant in #Ukraine .
In 2021, Daniel Fuller reflected on how the twin disasters of Challenger and Chernobyl shattered the confidence in technology that had shaped the #ColdWar
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#OnThisDay in 1974, Portugal’s authoritarian Estado Novo regime was overthrown without a shot being fired. We asked four historians: was the #CarnationRevolution inevitable?
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The story of the #WarsawGhettoUprising is typically one of defiance and bravery against the odds. But what of those who were unable to fight?
⌛ Last chance to read this 2023 Archive article for free
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#OnThisDay in 1974, Portugal’s authoritarian Estado Novo regime came to an end without a shot being fired. We asked four historians: was the #CarnationRevolution inevitable?
🔓Read it for free for the next 7 days
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The story of the #WarsawGhettoUprising is typically one of defiance and bravery against the odds. But what of those unable to fight?
⌛ Last chance to read this Archive article for free
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#OnThisDay in 1183 BC, the #TrojanWar is believed to have ended with the fall of Troy.
In this 2005 article from the Archive, Bettany Hughes reflected on the maligning of #HelenofTroy . It's still free to read at the link below
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#AnneofCleves became known to posterity as the ‘Flanders Mare’ and #HenryVIII ’s ‘ugly wife’, thanks to disparaging descriptions by diplomats. But what motivated them?
⌛ Last chance to read Nadia van Pelt’s article from the April issue for free
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Bluestockings: The First Women’s Movement by Susannah Gibson makes a case for #18thcentury proto-feminism. But do these Bluestockings fit?
📚 Read Sophie Coulombeau’s review below
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#AnneofCleves became known to posterity as the ‘Flanders Mare’ and #HenryVIII ’s ‘ugly wife’, thanks to disparaging descriptions by diplomats. What motivated them?
⌛ Last chance to read Nadia van Pelt’s article from the April issue for free
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Bluestockings: The First Women’s Movement by Susannah Gibson makes a case for #18thcentury proto-feminism. But do these Bluestockings fit?
📚 Read Sophie Coulombeau’s review at the link below
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#OnThisDay in 1183 BC, the #TrojanWar is believed to have ended with the fall of Troy.
In this 2005 article from the Archive, Bettany Hughes reflected on the monstering of #HelenofTroy . It's still free to read at the link below.
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The #AngloSaxons knew that life – and land – is precarious, which makes its gifts precious.
🔓 You can read Eleanor Parker’s new Out of the Margins for free for the next 7 days
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