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Britain has always had something of a reputation as being a bit stuffy. A closer look at some centuries-old history shows that they were really anything

The social bowls matches delivered a variety of results.

Myron Magnet on “James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire,” by Timothy Clayton.

For the 12th year, the 2023 Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest is off to a great start with 500 kits assembled and ready for bridge building enthusiasts to try their hand at building a bridge.

Michael John Goodman has just launched the Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery, featuring all the original artworks from the novelist’s archive.

When the Galway-Salthill Tramway ceased trading in 1918, it caused a problem for locals who had been using the service as public transport so a group of local businessmen came together on April 5, 1919 to register The Galway General Omnibus Company Limited as a public company. The directors were Thomas McDonough, Joe Young, Robert Mackie, Michael Crowley, Philip O’Gorman, Martin Hynes and Martin Finan. John Leech was the secretary and Joseph Garvey the manager.

The history of St. Parick's Day celebration in the UK draws its roots from religious and nationalist sentiments, with the day often representing a display of Irish pride and nationalism for the millions of Irish Catholic immigrants who came to the United States to escape famine and were faced with discrimination and religious persecution upon their arrival

Scheele’s green was an arsenic-laced dye, emerald-hued and blisteringly poisonous. Those who wore the hue were cursed with a rash or the occasional oozing sore. Those who made the clothes perished.

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Technology Festival Association of BC to host meeting at Assumption School prior to science fair