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Depiction of the eleven-month-long siege of the Russian naval base at Sevastopol, Crimea, during the Crimean War

Crimea: A General Introduction

Review of Crimea: A History, by Neil Kent London: Hurst & Company, 2016.
… Putin is affiliated. It is absolutely critical to a meaningful study of Crimea that these be distinguished …
Cover of Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer by Wendell E. Pritchett.

Invisible Man

Review of Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer , by Wendell E. Pritchett (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
… discrimination, segregation, and economic hardship still plague our society especially in American cities, where … analysis of that approach or its implications for creating meaningful change both in Weaver's lifetime and the future.  …
Gunpowder Plot conspirators in front of a bonfire celebrating Guy Fawkes Night.

Powder Treason, Bonfire Night, and the English Art of Reinventing the Past

… void with a celebration infused with English and Protestant meaning—bonfires, communal gathering, and seasonal rhythms … Celebrations now honored both deliverances, layering meaning until November 5 became the supreme symbol of … Bonfire Night’s rituals while stripping away its original meaning. Over time, it has evolved from replacing Catholic …
The other side of The Shore, depicting the Maritime House, third from the left. The former headquarters of the National Seamen’s Union are now flats.

A Postcard from Leith, Scotland

… Leith also became the entrance for substances that would plague Scotland to this day. The first recorded opioids in …
An orientalist nineteenth century Russian view of Samarkand in the time of Timur.

A Castilian in Samarkand, 1404

… genius, mass murderer and patron of the arts named Timur (meaning “iron” in Persian). De Clavijo’s lord, King Henry …