Hating Henry Symeonis: An Oxford University Tradition
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2025
The University of Oxford—one of the oldest continuously operating universities in the world—has a wealth of traditions, which is unsurprisin...
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James Tilly Matthews And The Air Loom
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 21, 2025
James Tilly Matthews was delusional. He believed that secret gangs of people were operating across London, using a bizarre machine called th...
Richard of Pudlicott’s Audacious Heist of The King’s Treasury
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 14, 2025
In April 1303, one of the most daring burglaries in English history took place within the walls of Westminster Abbey. Thieves broke into the...
The Raising of Mary Rose
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 27, 2025
The Mary Rose was a large warship in the Tudor Navy of King Henry VIII. She was the second most powerful ship in King Henry VIII’s fleet an...
The Strange Death of James Price
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2025
In the world of grand promises and bold claims, the line between confidence and deception can blur all too easily. What begins as ambition c...
Henry Every And The Looting of Ganj-i-Sawai
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 6, 2024
Henry Every was one of the most successful pirates to ever operate in the Atlantic and Indian oceans during the Golden Age of Piracy. Though...
Henry Trigg And The Coffin in The Roof
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2024
For centuries, physicians and scientists have dissected human bodies to understand human anatomy, with a steady supply of cadavers often sou...
Enemies Making Deal: The First World War Glass–Rubber Exchange
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2024
In the midst of war, when nations are locked in bitter conflict, cooperation seems unimaginable. Yet, history offers surprising instances wh...
The Nuclear Flask Train Crash Test
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 21, 2024
Nuclear reactors in power stations use fissile radioactive isotopes to produce heat, which powers turbines to generate electricity. When the...
Panjandrum: A Wacky WW2-Era Failed Weapon
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2024
In 1941, the Government of the United Kingdom established a temporary wartime body called the Department of Miscellaneous Weapons Developmen...
