Anti-Pasta: When Italian Futurists Tried to Ban Pasta in Italy
Futurist leaders considered pasta an “absurd Italian gastronomic religion” that went against the grain of fascism (literally).| Mental Floss
Futurist leaders considered pasta an “absurd Italian gastronomic religion” that went against the grain of fascism (literally).| Mental Floss
Guy Todd served as an officer aboard midget submarines in WW2. The post A Story of Midget Submarines – The illustrations of Guy Todd appeared first on National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy.| National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Public fears that census data could be used for nefarious purposes are hardly baseless. In this extract from her new paperback, Timandra Harkness shows how mechanised data collection was used... The post Punch-cards, concentration camps and René Carmille appeared first on Significance magazine.| Significance magazine
Scott Anthony, Deputy Head of the Research & Public History Department at the Science Museum in London, reviews Harriet Atkinson’s book Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933–53. The post Book review: <i>Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933–53</i>, by Dr Harriet Atkinson appeared first on Science Museum Group Journal.| Articles Archive - Science Museum Group Journal
To celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, join Curator Rebecca as she discusses St John Ambulances involvement in both the Second World War, and the festivities that followed. Victory in Europe Day celebrates the formal acceptance of the surrender of Germany forces on 8 May 1945, and is what we might understand as the... The post The 80th Anniversary of VE Day: St John Ambulances Involvement appeared first on Museum of the Order of St John.| Museum of the Order of St John
The end of the Japanese Battleship Mutsu was as shocking as it was unexpected. How did a massive explosion split her in two in a supposedly safe harbor?| Historic Mysteries
The Camp Van Dorn massacre seems impossible: could 1,200 US soldiers have been executed by their own side? But sometimes not everything you read is true.| Historic Mysteries
Stained with the blood of fallen Nazis, the Blutfahne was a sacred flag to the Third Reich. But after the Second World War it mysteriously disappeared.| Historic Mysteries
