Why Study History? A Personal Reflection — The Imaginative Conservative (Reblog)

I’m fascinated with time—its past, its present, its future, its moments, its transcendences. Time, as we’ve all experienced, moves quickly at points, and agonizingly slow at other points. 987 more words

Why Study History? A Personal Reflection — The Imaginative Conservative

The Mysterious Darnley/Lennox Jewel — Uncontrolled Historian (Reblog)

I’m beginning to really like this girl. Not agreeing with her means nothing, I just enjoy her videos…and Accent. She’s an Ulster girl. The shenanigans that went on within the family featured below was part of my final History Exams. I stopped at the murder of Rizzio. Darnley doesn’t come out of this smelling very […]

The Mysterious Darnley/Lennox Jewel — Uncontrolled Historian

Gog and Magog – The Guardians of the City of London — Stephen Liddell (Reblog)

This week saw the annual parade for the Lord Mayor of London which celebrated the 693rd incumbent . Every year as part of one of the oldest civic parades in the world you might catch a glimpse of two fearsome looking but generally kindly looking wicket giants. They are the traditional guardians of the City […]

Gog and Magog – The Guardians of the City of London — Stephen Liddell

Edgar Allan Poe & the Mask of the 20th Century — The Imaginative Conservative (Reblog)

The name Edgar Allan Poe conjures images of the macabre, murder, insanity, and self-destruction, but is this the real Edgar Poe? BUT for the cruel aspersions upon the character and life of America’s poetic genius, EDGAR ALLAN POE, this volume would have remained unwritten. 3,852 more words

Edgar Allan Poe & the Mask of the 20th Century — The Imaginative Conservative

34 Fascinating Photos of Nikola Tesla — Yesterday Today (Reblog)

Nikola Tesla (10 July [O.S. 28 June] 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Born and raised in the Austrian Empire, Tesla studied engineering and physics in the 1870s without […]

34 Fascinating Photos of Nikola Tesla — Yesterday Today