Age of Architects: Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, whose creative period spanned more than 70 years, designing more than...
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Building England: Great Dixter House &...
Lutyens' Great Dixter House is a romantic recreation of a medieval Manor House, complete with a great hall and parlour.
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The Gallipoli Campaign
The Gallipoli campaign was a bloody WW1 campaign which took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey from February 1915 to January 1916. Though the Allied...
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Uplifting Summer Recipes
With the change of the seasons, we wanted to share some of our favourite sun-soaked dishes for you to cook and enjoy at home and with your loved ones!
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The Kokoda Trail Campaign
The Kokoda Track campaign or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War in World War 2. The fighting during the Kokoda campaign represents the first...
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Building England: Chiswick House
The gardens and the villa take inspiration from the architecture and gardens of ancient Rome, such as the Emperor Hadrians Villa at Tivoli.
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North Africa’s Natives: The Berbers
The Greek and Phoenician traders called them barbarians but the true nomenclature of the Berber people is “Amazigh”, which means “free people”.
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The Seige of Tlemcen
Tlemcen was the medieval capital of Algeria, a trading hub on the crossroads of the caravan trade route that connected deepest Africa to the Mediterranean...
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The Forgotten Jews of Algeria
In Algeria today, the synagogues have mostly been turned into mosques - like the great synagogues of Algiers or Oran.
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“French by Spilled Blood”: The French...
The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe the King of France in March 1831. The French expeditionary force that had occupied Algiers in 1830 was...
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