Let’s dig right in to some historical highlights.
First, a love letter to letters.
In archives news, “For the first time, resources are available to academics and researchers online on the origins of intelligence agencies MI6 and the CIA.”
Here’s an interesting piece on the decline of Islamabad’s used book stores.
Have you heard of Aphra Behn, 17th century spy and writer?
Or Grinling Gibbons, “The Michelangelo of Wood”?
Read an obituary for a World War II hero. (He saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust!)
Here’s a look at little known female botanists (“crazy plant ladies”) through history.
This detailed article about the horrors of a residential school is quite disturbing (I only skimmed it). Alternatively, here are nine picture books that introduce the topic gently.
Last but not least, an infographic on “the weird side of famous writers.”