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AN Evesham author’s new book is challenging the ongoing debate around climate change. John D. Grainger’s new book “Climate Change: An Archaeological Study, looks into how early civilisations in the Stone Age dealt with Climate Change. Mr Grainger has written before about the ancient world, including books about the Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars, as well as the wars of the Maccabees, a three-part history of the Seleukid Empire (A successor state to Alexander the Great’s empire) ...

Here we are….a new year! A fresh start! A chance to get back to normal…whatever that looks like. The one constant in our lives is that each month GMT Games puts out their Monthly Update Email and it always seems to make the world seem a bit better and takes us away from the reality of whatever challenges we are facing at the moment. This month was a big one as there were 3 brand new P500 games added as well as 2 reprints along with lots of information about other things happening at GMT Gam...

" " The Venus de Milo is perennially one of the hottest attractions at the Louvre Musuem in Paris, France. Todd Gipstein/Getty Images Shes one of the most recognizable figures in the art world, but shrouded in mystery. Ever since Louis XVIII donated her to the Louvre in 1821, shes captured the attention and praise of audiences and historians, but many are still baffled by her origins — who is Venus de Milo, and what exactly happened to her arms? The half-naked marble goddess many of ...