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Isaac Ohringer
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Highgate Cemetery: The Place Where People Pay to See a Communist.
Highgate Cemetery is London’s best-known cemetery. Why? Because everywhere you turn, there is a famous dead writer, in gravestone form....
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Isaac Ohringer
Sep 19, 20233 min read
The Barbican Estate: That One Instance of Good Brutalism
The Barbican estate is a complex which has 2,000 Flats and is in Central London, the estate was built in the 1960s.
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Isaac Ohringer
Sep 14, 20233 min read
Sailboats: the power of the wind (Europe and Middle East)
The origins of sailboats can be traced back to the early civilizations that emerged around 3000 BCE. These so cities, often situated...
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Isaac Ohringer
Sep 9, 20234 min read
Caernarfon Castle: A story of Englishmen Sneaking into Places They Shouldn't Be.
The story of Caernarfon Castle does not start in Caernarfon Castle. While originally built from 1283 onwards by Edward I (known as...
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Isaac Ohringer
Sep 6, 20233 min read
Hagia Sophia: a Place at the Centre of Religious Change for Eons.
The Hagia Sophia (meaning "holy wisdom") was built by Christians and now is a significant Mosque in Islam. Yet, even in the 2020s, this...
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Isaac Ohringer
Sep 5, 20234 min read
The Chicken Origin Story: From Ferocious Fighters to KFC
Chickens are one of those things in history that are often seen as a constant through time. Often depictions of farms in any historical...
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