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Independent non-fiction publisher. We seek to inform, entertain & champion untold stories and hidden voices across a range of genres. Local history = @THP_Local
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In 'The Noble Quest', discover nine important naturalists of the pre-Darwinian age, who set off to quantify, categorise and explain the New World!🌍 Pre-order: https://t.co/juHp9iLUUt 🌿#discovery #exploration #explorers #adventurers #naturalists #naturalhistory
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#OnThisDay in 1483, Martin Luther, leader of the #ProtestantReformation, is born. Learn more about #MartinLuther, the man whose ideas would birth #ProtestantChristianity⛪: https://t.co/OkReRO4jMa (@HistoryExtra) #OTD
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#OTD in 1917, the allies were victorious at #Passchendaele, a major campaign of the First World War that took place on the Western Front.🪖 Discover the full timeline📏: https://t.co/QayZet4UE4
#WWI #OnThisDay #MilitaryHistory
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#OnThisDay in 1895, Mildred Mary Petre is born. She was a British record-breaking racing motorist, speedboat racer and aviator.🚗🚤 Read on: https://t.co/0sFP61YH66
#OTD #WomensHistory #automotive
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#OnThisDay in 1871, Journalist Henry Stanley finds the missing explorer Dr David #Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika.🛖🌳 Explore the full story here🥾: https://t.co/SxTxb7xiAK
#OTD #explorer
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It's #Movember!🥸 Discover the long and complicated history behind the moustache, and how it has symbolised manly strength, modernity and bravery, here: https://t.co/XyFXiC3AK2 (@HistoryExtra)
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#OnThisDay in 1918, with German defeat in #WorldWarOne certain, Kaiser #WilhelmII abdicates, ending the Hohenzollern dynasty. Learn more: https://t.co/GN2S8k8RvR (@HistoryUK) #OTD #WWI
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#OnThisDay in 1888, Mary Jane Kelly sadly loses her life and becomes the last known victim of #JacktheRipper.🕵️ Discover the victims stories here: https://t.co/1L9anAxQtA
#OTD #TrueCrime #VictorianHistory
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The #remembrance poppy has become the defining symbol of reverence for the millions of soldiers who lost their lives in conflict.🌹 Discover the poppy and its significance this #armistice here👉: https://t.co/SKrlQxvQXa
#rememberancesunday
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Happy Remembrance Sunday.❤️ Today we commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts".🪖 Discover Armistice and its aftermath in photographs here👉: https://t.co/NHU5TFdzJB
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#OnThisDay in 1965, the #RaceRelationsAct comes into effect, banning racial discrimination in public places in Britain. Discover 5 Black journalists who fought for equality and should be as known as #GeorgeOrwell here📰👉: https://t.co/Dt09wI0iY4
#OTD
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#OnThisDay in 1965, the Murder Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the UK.🚔👑 Discover more: https://t.co/lJcHJDLjRQ (@Guardian) #OTD #CrimeHistory #BritishHistory
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#OTD in 1745, Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of 5000 that would later participate in the #BattleofCulloden.⚔️ Discover the history of Scotland in 7 people here🏴: https://t.co/9g8fWAB8of
#ScottishHistory #OnThisDay
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#OnThisDay in 1847, 'Dracula' creator Bram Stoker is born.🦇🧛♂️ Discover the history here👉: https://t.co/yvsASXMwf3
#Dracula #literature #BramStoker #OTD
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Despite hairs being some 50 times softer than steel, they are still able to blunt a steel razor blade. Discover how: https://t.co/7wVbwJBZpP 🪒🪮 #Physics #EverydayPhysics
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#OnThisDay in 1974, Lord Lucan disappears after the murder of his nanny. Learn more about his disappearance here👉: https://t.co/NtHOukH25V (@HistoryExtra) #OTD #TrueCrime
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#OnThisDay in 1917, the #Bolsheviks overthrow Russia's provisional government in the world's first organised revolution. Discover the 1917 revolution here👉: https://t.co/Jfb41XOnAQ
#OTD #RussianHistory
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'Capitol Gains' is the first book to reveal the true story of how the Beatles broke America to become the biggest band in the world. Daily Mirror exclusive 👇 https://t.co/jKkqs1xxKG
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They conquered the world and even today remain the biggest band in music history but behind the seamless story of Beatlemania, the Fab Four’s rise to global fame was a lot more complex and fraught
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#OnThisDay in 1867, Marie Skłodowska Curie, Polish-born French chemist and physicist, recipient of the #NobelPrize in physics, is born.🩺🥼 Learn more about her and #womeninSTEM through history here🏥: https://t.co/DwYLwZrb9T
#MarieCurie #OTD @NobelPrize
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#OTD in 1935, the #HawkerHurricane took flight for the first time, it played a big role in the #BattleofBritain.🪖✈️ https://t.co/oF4Q7pEXsj
#Aviation #OnThisDay
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