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The granddaughter of a leading Suffragette spoke about the issues that women in Bolton face. The Suffragettes fought hard for ...
Charlotte Church has joined hundreds of peace campaigners in opposing the ban on Palestine Action. The singer has called the ...
Shortly before Christmas 1938, with weeks of heavy snow carpeting the lands around her Highland home, the birdlike frame of an aristocratic lady sat down wearily at her piano and began to play.
Something amazing happened in Chico 120 years ago this month. On July 10, 1905, Annie Bidwell deeded 1,903 acres of her land to the City of Chico to be used as a public park. Mrs. Bidwell said she ...
Screenwriter Julian Fellowes has been known to borrow from history for his phenomenally successful period dramas before, and now, it seems that The Gilded Age creator has used the tragic tale of ...
Prohibition aimed to curb male violence. Instead, it gave rise to female bootleggers, policy advocates, and a cultural shift ...
A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...
A spirit of defiance and a mysterious culture endure on the French island of Corsica, intertwined with the timeless beauty of ...
Two slogans defined politics in 2024. Sir Keir Starmer offered “Change” while Donald Trump promised to “Make America Great Again”. Both yielded electoral triumphs. Yet while in the US, Maga captured ...
A charity is calling for people to help with a “final push” to fund a statue for Mary Clarke, the Brighton suffragette who led the women’s suffrage movement in the south east in 1909 and 1910.
The wealthiest families of the Gilded Age lived in enormous mansions outfitted with gold, marble, and priceless art. Take a ...