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John Dee and the Empire of Angels

12/09/2018 Kailas

Recommended to those wishing for an in-depth summation of a fascinating figure and general readers who want their hair blown back by a rollicking historical tale.
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Charting the Rustpiles and Ruins of America’s Dream

07/03/2018 Carl Byron Batson

Tumbleweed and dust, neon and rust. Of such are mythologies made. (read more)

America, Whither Went the Dream?

24/01/2018 Carl Byron Batson

On the hunt for the spectres of an American dream long departed (read more)

America, What Have You Done?

03/01/2018 Carl Byron Batson

A photographic journey into America’s lost innocence (read more)

Bubble, bubble, plop! Your Dad Didn’t Invent Homebrew Wine

16/11/2017 Trebuchet News

Archaeologists find earliest evidence of winemaking (read more)

Load, Wind, Release! Trebuchet Issue Two Launch

25/09/2017 Trebuchet Magazine

Azimuth calculated, trajectory defined. Trebuchet’s second print issue – launched (read more)

Flags, Statues, Genocide and the Trash Can of History

23/08/2017 Phil Rockstroh

If tearing down statues could redress the wrongs of history, why stop at Confederates? (read more)

In the Hands of Cod – How Fish Unified Europe Before Brussels

08/08/2017 Trebuchet News

DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000-year history of European fish trade (read more)

Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers. The Question isn’t When, It’s WHY?

18/05/2017 Trebuchet News

Why did hunter-gatherers first begin farming? (read more)

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty. And Grind.

19/04/2017 Sean Keenan

Buried hubris and follies of personality along southern France’s Atlantikwall (read more)

USA as World’s Policeman? We’re Going to Need More Coffins

09/03/2017 Phil Rockstroh

If the USA is ‘the world’s policeman’, is it any wonder the world is so scared? (read more)

Buckingham Palace, The Will of the People

Democratic Stitch Ups and the Untouchable Will of the People

01/03/2017 Alexander Hay

Autocracies fail in the long run because the people much prefer to oppress themselves than be oppressed (read more)

A Nuremberg Rally of One

27/02/2017 Phil Rockstroh

No book burning is required when the masses of the consumer state do not read books. (read more)

Hey Patriot, Why Do You Hate Your Country?

18/02/2017 Phil Rockstroh

Participation mystique is intoxicating, but ultimately futile against hate (read more)

Seven years in Tibet? Try 13,000

08/01/2017 Trebuchet News

Research sheds new light on high-altitude settlement in Tibet (read more)

Nothing New Under the Sun – How Prehistory Tackled Global Warming

29/12/2016 Trebuchet News

Computer models find ancient solutions to modern problems (read more)

President Trump, Napoleon and The Eclipse of Dignity

29/12/2016 Michael Eden

Does history, art or philosophy offer any survival tips for the incoming US presidency? (read more)

Tastes Like Cabbage: The Deep Origins of Cooked Veggies

23/12/2016 Trebuchet News

Earliest evidence discovered of plants cooked in ancient pottery (read more)

Choose Your Ally Carefully. Why Trust the CIA?

18/12/2016 Phil Rockstroh

Just because the CIA is saying what we want to hear doesn’t make them credible (read more)

Blasting Out of the Vortex: Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism

17/12/2016 Michael Eden

From catastrophe comes creativity – Sail into the Vortex. (read more)

Look Again: The Way of the Morris

03/10/2016 Andy Letcher

Forget the decades of Pythonesque ribbing, Morris dancing is deep rooted folk ritual (read more)

Then Wash Your Hands: The Pathogens of Prehistoric Poo

23/07/2016 Trebuchet News

Ancient feces provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road (read more)

Post-Sanders Disillusionment? Not if You Know Your Democrat History

25/06/2016 Phil Rockstroh

here is speculation that Bernie’s Big Misadventure in the sucker-fleecing, traveling carnival of the Democratic Party Primary system will cause disillusionment with the Party. You think? But the disillusioned would be coming a bit late (read more)