Wildman Taler in the Brunswick Collection Künker Auction
One of the most famous Germanic coins is known colloquially as the “Wildman Taler”. Several…
Browsing: antique dealer
Obituaries | Christopher Warman Bradbury, 1944-2022
Artist and former custodian of art and exhibitions at Winchester’s Guildhall Gallery and Westgate Museum…
A new Henry III gold penny – England’s “first gold coin”
Rarely does a single find cause the enthusiasm of English numismatics, and fewer still are…
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A furious cannonade and a great explosion | Naval History Magazine
1. Jonathan Trumbull et al., The Trumbull Papers, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Seventh…
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The best values of blended Scotch Whiskey
Glass of whiskey with ice getty Single malt Scotch whiskey may be the fastest growing…
MR James, Mark Gatiss and the ghosts of Christmas past
With his haunted landscapes, his antiquarian mood and his troubled souls buried on the north…
EXHIBITION PAINTING | Flashback | lmtribune.com
This story appeared in the December 14, 1913 edition of the Lewiston Tribune.—Florence, Italy, December…
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Locations of MR James’ ghost stories in Norfolk and Suffolk
Great Livermere Byline: Sonya Duncan – Credit: ARCHANT EASTERN DAILY PRESS (01603) 772434 The nights…
Plaque unveiled in the ancestral home of Rajendralal Mitra | Calcutta News
Calcutta: A plaque in honor of Raja Rajendralal Mitra was unveiled on Wednesday by the…
Antiques trade should prepare for increased government scrutiny
Over the next few months, the U.S. Department of the Treasury will draft new regulations…
In Focus: Why the strange thrives in art and culture
The tradition of ‘strange’ literature and art, invoking fear, unease and dread, has thrived in…
The past and the curious
Extract from the September 2021 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. Rosemary Hill begins…
Timsbury Church, medieval tiling
TIMSBURY Church, located just north of Romsey, has two titles of historic fame that set…
Egypt recovers ancient priest statue in Holland
Egypt has recovered a antique statue of a priest of the Old Kingdom which had…
A magnificent 15th-century Grade I listed mansion in West Sussex, with two cottages and 15 acres
Just as the country house market seemed to be coming out of the boil, a…
NOSTALGIA: Former journalist of Free Press and poet sketches
TORFAEN Museum and Archives is fortunate to have the sketchbook of William Henry Greene, the…
Respect the past and the post, urge discouraged epigraphists in Karnataka as the system stops filling vacancies in the department
Yesterday was the anniversary of the birth of BL Rice, the man who pioneered epigraphic…
Peter Rabbit tea items are the star of our pick of five auction highlights
Grimwades Beatrix Potter Tea Items – £ 2,200 Wessex Auction Rooms. Roland arkell Apr 16,…
Seven Outstanding Values in Blended Scotch Whiskey to Buy Now
Glass of whiskey with ice getty Five-sixths of all Scotch whiskey, by volume, sold in…
Why it’s time for an epiphany on Christmas decorations
Boys dressed as Magi in St. Peter’s Square. To celebrate the feast of the Epiphany,…
Post-pandemic Beirut in Fouad Mezher’s new graphic novel YA, Suraya
| Lebanese cartoonist and comic book teacher Fouad Mezher has a new first graphic novel…
A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS – Britain’s spooky tradition
One of my favorite Christmas songs is Andy Williams’ bombastic take on “The Most Wonderful…
book examines the life of the 16th century mathematician Jacopo Strada
In the introduction to his complete two-volume work, Dirk Jacob Jansen deplores the fact that…
MR James’ ghost stories work eerily well in this form of graphic fiction
HP Lovecraft (1890-1937) commended fellow horror writer MR James (1862-1936) in his essay, “Supernatural Horror…
A sequel narrated by Leah Moore, John Reppion, Meghan Hetrick, Al Davison, George Kambadais and Abigail Larson
| Last year, graphic novel publishers SelfMadeHero published a comic book adaptation of the short…
Reconstructing the life of one of the most curious historical figures: John Aubrey
If one were to make a list of the comfy books of English literature, those…