Dispelling Some Myths: A Union Flag in distress
Dispelling the myth that flying the Union Flag upside down is a distress signal.| Tastes Of History
Dispelling the myth that flying the Union Flag upside down is a distress signal.| Tastes Of History
OTD the assassins of Julius Caesar were defeated at the Battle of Phillipi in northeast Greece.| Tastes Of History
The Bayeux Tapestry returns to England but what is its significance?| Tastes Of History
On This Day, 19th September, the preserved body of “Ötzi the Iceman” was discovered in 1991.| Tastes Of History
September 2nd to 6th, 1666 : The Great Fire rages across London destroying four-fifths of the city. In the early hours of September 2nd,...| Tastes Of History
On This Day, 27 August 1896, Britain fought its shortest ever war lasting just over 40 minutes.| Tastes Of History
More recipes from the Roman Festival at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds for you to try.| Tastes Of History
A further two recipes from the Golden Age of Piracy from an event at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London.| Tastes Of History
A guide to poisons, their history and uses in the ancient world.| Tastes Of History
An introduction to the history of assassins and assassination.| Tastes Of History
The Tackle In Parts One , Two and Three of this "How to:" series we established the background and how we went about building our scale...| Tastes Of History
The notion of Viking berserkers has captured the popular imagination but who were they?| Tastes Of History
Dispelling some myths that Medieval people did not bathe.| Tastes Of History
A brief introduction to crime and punishment in Merry Ol' England.| Tastes Of History
Dispelling myths that towns and villages in the Medieval period were dirty, smelly places in which to live.| Tastes Of History
The hidden history behind the meanings of food related words, terms and phrases.| Tastes Of History
Did Roman soldiers train with double weight swords?| Tastes Of History
Dispelling some myths surrounding the legendary King Arthur.| Tastes Of History
Etymology The Roman testudo means “tortoise” not “turtle”, even if Rex Harrison, playing Julius Caesar in the 1963 film “Cleopatra”,...| Tastes Of History
Challenging some of the common misconceptions about witches.| Tastes Of History
Was "Albion" the name used for Great Britain by its earliest inhabitants?| Tastes Of History
Is colour-blind casting on TV and film, particularly documentaries, creating misleading and horrible history?| Tastes Of History
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The Gun CarriageIn Part Two we looked at seven steps to building a barrel for a replica naval gun that was both lightweight and portable. The completed barrel needed a gun carriage, however. So, starting at Step Eight, in this Part we will explore one way to make a simple gun carriage to support the barrel.Step Eight Once again, the result had to be lightweight and robust, not only to support the barrel but to survive the rigours of transportation and manhandling. As shown below, the stepped sh| Tastes Of History
Somehow we got talking about ghosts a couple of days ago. We were both reminded of working at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire and how it claimed to be one of the most haunted places in the UK. We both seemed to recall that Mary, Queen of Scots was one of those said to roam the grounds, but were we remembering correctly? Not only that, but wasn't Mary executed at Fotheringhay Castle in Northamptonshire? Why would she be haunting Tutbury some 75 miles distant?We had to check. One of the first webs| Tastes Of History
February 8th, 1587: After 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle.Why? Fotheringhay Castle was the last of the many genteel prisons in which Mary, Queen of Scots spent the final 20 years of her life after she was forced to abdicate from the Scotland’s throne in 1567. Genteel it may have been – it had been a royal residence – but it was also remote, surrounded by marshland and difficult to escape or be rescued from. Those were important considerat...| Tastes Of History
An exploration of Roman gladiator diets to tie in with the Royal Armouries Museum's Roman Festival 2025.| Tastes Of History
The Gun BarrelThe core element, the cannon's barrel, is so named because the earliest guns were constructed with iron staves bound securely by hoops as was the case in coopering a cask or barrel. The other key piece is the gun carriage. The challenge for this project is how to build both elements as light as possible but robustly enough to survive the rigours of transportation and repeated use. What follows, in Part Two, is one possible solution for constructing a replica gun barrel, the named p| Tastes Of History
A brief introduction to the nineteen men, in no particular order of seniority, who formed Henry VIII’s Privy Council in 1540.| Tastes Of History
What follows was inspired by the video “Vegetables don’t exist” on the “Words Unravelled!” YouTube channel hosted by Rob Watts from “RobWords” and Jess Zafarris author of the etymology books “Words from Hell” and “Once Upon a Word”.Meal Times As Tastes Of History is based in the UK our focus on food history and recipes is unashamedly British and Euro-centric. Clearly, however, cuisine and dining in the “Old World” has been heavily influenced by pretty much all areas ...| Tastes Of History
July 29th, 1588: On this day in 1588, the fearsome Spanish Armada is sighted off England’s southern coast.| Tastes Of History
