For generations, Black Mainers made sure Vacationland was open to all
Every summer, tourists flocked to Rock Rest, a tidy house tucked away in the woods on the outskirts of Kittery. After ...
History Today: Did you know the world’s first teddy bear was inspired by a US president?
Morris Michtom, a small toy store owner, put two stuffed ’teddy bears’ in his Brooklyn shop window for sale, inspired by an ...
'How an old postcard from York WW1 soldier inspired us to get creative'
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
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What to stream: Bridget Jones returns, ‘Yellowjackets’ reappears and Alessia Cara sings about love
Renée Zellweger returning to one of her most indelible roles in "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy" and Questlove offering the definitive documentary on funk crossover star Sly Stone are some of the ...
This Book on World War I Changed How I Think of Nonfiction
Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.
WW1 Submarines: What Were They Used For And Do Any Still Exist?
Submarines came to the forefront of military navies with the advent of WWI, as Germany's dangerous U-boats proved a formidable force throughout the conflict.
A Revelatory Way of Understanding the Black Experience
I remembered this experience vividly as I read Imani Perry’s new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My ...
A Field Guide to Marvel’s Multicolored Hulks
We're all familiar with Marvel's big green force of nature, but over the years there's been a whole rainbow of Hulks.
How the U.S. planned to annex Canada if victorious in a larger war with Britain
However, War Plan Red, one of several colour-coded war plans devised by U.S. military strategists after the First World War, didn’t identify Canada as a threat. The Yankees’ crosshairs were aimed at ...
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Trump’s attacks on trans people and public health escalate into a war on reality itself
In whatever corner of hell where he now resides, old Joe Stalin must be smiling at the alacrity with which Donald Trump’s ...
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Namibia’s ‘founding father’ Sam Nujoma passes away at 95
Sam Nujoma, the freedom fighter leader who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, has passed away at the age of 95. He died on ...