The Past Tense » Links http://pasttense.nl History will be kind to me, for I intend to write about it. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:56:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Link digest http://pasttense.nl/2006/07/23/link-digest/ http://pasttense.nl/2006/07/23/link-digest/#comments Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:53:58 +0000 admin http://www.pasttense.nl/2006/07/23/link-digest/ real stuff coming up: a new series of articles—so stay tuned.]]> Propaganda posters are works of art, despite their somewhat dark intentions. Here are some from the USSR. There are even more to be found in the World War II poster collection from Northwestern University library. Or how about some from the Spanish Civil war?

There’s more from the Spanish Civil War: breathtaking photography at Photojournalism during the Spanish Civil War. And talking about journalism, have you ever wondered what it would be like had Fox News been around throughout history?

Seeing World War 1 colour photography makes a once so distant, epic event suddenly come very close and very real.

I’ve yet to check this out but it looks promising: the All Empires history forum. The same goes for Hyperhistory.

We all know the seven wonders of the ancient world, right? No, it does not include the Eiffel tower. Refresh your memory with this list of of all the seven wonders.

Numbers, numbers and numbers. And some more numbers. But a lot of other fascinating information is to be found in the 20th century atlas.

]]> http://pasttense.nl/2006/07/23/link-digest/feed/ 3 Frenzy in a candy store http://pasttense.nl/2005/11/01/frenzy-in-a-candy-store/ http://pasttense.nl/2005/11/01/frenzy-in-a-candy-store/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:55:51 +0000 admin http://www.arjanvandergaag.nl/pasttense/?p=7 I bet everybody can remember some occasion when he was still a lad to stand in a candy store and suddenly notice that you have been standing there for at least a minute of your jaw somewhere around your knees looking at all the good life has to offer you. Boy, I can still remember the slight drooling and mumbling “hmmm, candy…!” to myself. Those were the days (last week, actually).

I got the same feeling of joy and disorientation for where to begin when I found the archives for the BBC‘s In Our Time. This is a marvellous show on different aspects of history and the world, including history, science, philosophy, religion and culture. I recently discovered the “podcasts” for this 45 min. radio 4-show via Odeo and I really enjoy listening to all these conversations. Now I found the archives, I don’t know where to start! There’s just so much of the good stuff there: the Spanish civil war, the Roman republic, the rise of mammals…

I you like history and you like radio, be sure to give this a try. Only the latest shows are available as MP3-downloads, but all seems to be available as RAM which you can stream using the RealPlayer. So, find the archives here and enjoy.

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