Simon Forbes @SimondForbes
History post-doc from SOAS. Interests i/c history (various periods), art, politics, human rights, & health (pic from Latheronwheel home of my Forbes ancestors) London, UK, Europe Joined December 2013-
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A beautiful film of England in 1902. People wave to the camera as a man lifts a little girl in a bonnet above the crowd, immortalising her moment forever. They could never imagine we'd be watching them with fascination over 120 years later.
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A Genetic Map of Europe
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Originating in what is now Iraq before 3200 BC, cuneiform script is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The recording of a spoken language, emerged from earlier recording systems at the end of the 4th Millennium BC. The first written language in…
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Ethnic Map of Chicago Circa 1950
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1981 ethnic map of Yugoslavia
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Jewish settlements in Morocco up until 1950
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Map of cultural regions of the United States.
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Terrorist attacks in Europe that killed at least one person 1970-2015
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This is part of a wave of anti-gay attacks:
This is part of a wave of anti-gay attacks:
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Ronald Gay enters the Backstreet Cafe, a gay bar in Roanoke, Virginia, and opens fire, killing 43-year-old Danny Overstreet and wounding six others. Gay says he committed the shooting as “a Christian soldier working to kill f*gs for my Lord.” He is detained alive.
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Wendy’s Restaurants pulls out of the UK after sustaining £1.5 million in losses.
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Details on the attempt on Ford’s life:
Details on the attempt on Ford’s life:
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In a move orchestrated by Harvey Milk, Oliver Sipple, a former U.S. Marine who helped protect President Ford from assassination two days ago, is outed as gay by the San Francisco Chronicle, which did it “to help break the stereotype.” Sipple’s family disowns him and he is fired…
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Young celebrity aviatrix Amelia Earhart says that she has quit flying and has taken up a job as a social worker in Medford, Massachusetts.
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“Ballrooms Past and Present,” from The Daily Mirror.
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A Dalek waits for a bus at Shepherds Bush Green in December 1963.
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Skara Brae structure 1. This ancient dwelling dates back to around 4800 years ago and is one of 10 structures that remain of one of the oldest and best preserved villages in northwest Europe. #ancientorkney #orkneyuncovered #skarabrae
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Learnt today that the characters in the band-of-rabbits in Richard's Adams 'Watership Down' are based on his fellow soldiers in 250 (Parachute) Company RASC, who dropped into Arnhem 81 years ago. Like J.R.R. Tolkein, his fantasy of good against evil was rooted in his own wartime…
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