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Freemasonry behind Auld Lang Syne arm linking at new year

Research has uncovered a Masonic connection to why revellers around the world link arms when they sing Auld Lang Syne at new year. A study of Robert Burns’ best-loved song links the practice to freemasonry, where singing with arms crossed and hands ...

31 Dec 2021 at 01:25

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Floorboards rescued from skip outside Shackleton’s home made into unique violin

The floorboards Sir Ernest Shackleton once trod upon have been made into a violin in honour of the great explorer. The centenary of Shackleton’s death on Wednesday January 5 has been marked by Edinburgh-based luthier and nature conservationist ...

04 Jan 2022 at 15:55

Incredible ‘cannon fodder’ cartoon found in 1921 census predicted ‘next war’

A civil servant defaced his 1921 census return with an astonishingly prophetic political cartoon depicting officials in top hats “counting cannon fodder” for the “next war”. Arthur Vince, a 28-year-old tax officer for the Inland Revenue in ...

06 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Famous faces joined on 1921 census by toddler who would become a household name

The yellowed, handwritten pages of the 1921 census bring to life the private worlds of some of the 20th century’s most famous people – as well as one whose fleeting time in the limelight was much more recent. The century-old document ...

06 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Expedition bids to locate lost ship of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton

An expedition to locate the lost ship of renowned polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton will set sail 100 years after his death. The Endurance22 Expedition aims to find, survey and film the wreck of Endurance, which sank during Sir ...

05 Jan 2022 at 18:25

Life in post-First World War Britain revealed as 1921 census is released

The lives of every man, woman and child living in England and Wales in 1921 have been revealed like never before, with detailed census returns from Windsor Castle and Chequers to cramped family homes made available to the public ...

06 Jan 2022 at 07:25

Collection of Spitfires to go on display at former base

A dozen Spitfires are to go on display at the place where the first operational squadron of the planes flew from. The Spitfire, with its elliptical wings and powerful Rolls Royce engine, is famous for its role in the Battle of ...

23 Dec 2021 at 01:33

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