Tag Archives: History
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Arctic Airships Part 3: Amundsen vs Nobile
406/08/2013 by noonobservation
The final part of my epic trilogy of Arctic Airship posts has taken a little longer than I hoped due …
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Arctic Airships Part 1: The Eagle
707/06/2013 by noonobservation
In the two decades before Flanders became the fashionable place to kill and be killed, many plucky young fellows thought …
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Alberto Santos-Dumont, Dirigibles and Dinosaurs
725/04/2013 by noonobservation
I have recently become enamoured of the dirigible – that evolutionary dinosaur of aviation. Like the diplodocus, dirigibles were huge, slow, difficult to …
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Madame de Pompadour’s Tips on How to Keep your Man
305/04/2013 by noonobservation
A birthday, absurd levels of drinking, and my pathetic attempts to buy a larger house to keep my books in …
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Prince Rupert Addendum: Boye’s Observations on the Nature of Fame
204/03/2013 by noonobservation
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, being excessively interesting and romantic, left little room in my blog post about him for …
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That Heart of Flame, Hot Rupert
511/02/2013 by noonobservation
Thanks to my blog, my Christmas presents this year included no less than 12 history books – joy! Unfortunately, this …
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Les Misérables and the Mysterious French 19th Century
821/01/2013 by noonobservation
I went to see Les Misérables last weekend, with the result that I’ve been feeling a little overwrought. This is partly …
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Pauline Bonaparte: Keeping it in the Family
511/01/2013 by noonobservation
What do you do if you’re young, attractive, witty, fabulously wealthy and your brother is Emperor of Europe? I would …
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Charades with the Hamiltons
127/12/2012 by noonobservation
It’s important to remember what Christmas is all about. As well as lunchtime gin, TV-related arguments and meat-sweats, Christmas is …
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Manfred von Richthofen: Baddy or Just German?
1119/12/2012 by noonobservation
Manfred von Richthofen was credited with 80 combat victories by his death, aged just 25. At the age of 31, …
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