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Jane TomlinsonVincent van Gogh mutilates his ear – 23 December 1888
Read moreOn this day in 1888 in Arles in southern France, Vincent van Gogh performed the most infamous act of self-mutilation…
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Jane TomlinsonInternational Women’s Day
No CommentsRead moreToday is International Women’s Day, a day when women all over the world celebrate their achievements. And I’m not just…
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Jane TomlinsonThe death of Captain James Cook – 14 February 1779
No CommentsRead more“Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.” Whatever…
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Jane TomlinsonGuns ‘n’ roses: the murder of Joan Root – 13 January 2006
Read moreOn this day in 2006, 69-year-old Joan Root lay alone bleeding to death from gunshot wounds at her home on…
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Jane TomlinsonThe suicide of Vincent van Gogh – 29 July 1890
No CommentsRead moreOn 27 July 1890, Vincent van Gogh, an unkempt, unknown 37-year-old Dutchman, walked out of his lodgings in the village…
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Jane TomlinsonThe death of Carl Linnaeus – 10 January 1778
No CommentsRead moreThe Bible, Genesis 2:20, states: “And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and…
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Jane TomlinsonRobert FitzRoy: Captain Fantastic
Read moreEveryone knows what a weather forecast is, most people have heard of Charles Darwin’s Voyage of HMS Beagle, and most British people have heard of the shipping forecast. So it’s very sad to think that more people don’t know about Robert FitzRoy who made all these things possible.
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Jane TomlinsonThe death of Jane Digby – 11 August 1881
No CommentsRead moreHere’s a bodice-ripping love story of sex and adventure: the story of Jane Elizabeth Digby, Lady Ellenborough. She died on…
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Jane TomlinsonThe death of Frida Kahlo – 13 July 1954
No CommentsRead more“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.”
Artist Frida Kahlo was born in 1907, the daughter of Hungarian Jewish father and indigenous Mexican mother….
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Jane TomlinsonThe Shakespeare triptych
Read moreThree paintings in praise of Shakespeare: 1 a map of Europe with the plays shown in their approximate location, 2.…
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