Skip to content

e-Storia

Your Primary Source For All Things History

About
Joseph Imre
Links
Contact Me

BBC Great Continental Railway Journeys (2of5) Hungary to Austria – YouTube

Posted by Joseph & Jazmin on September 13, 2013

Like this:

Like Loading...

Post navigation

Previous Post First World War Conference | Leeds

Next Post Loeb at First Sight: The Classics Come in Red and Green

Welcome!

Welcome to eStoria! This site has been generated to serve as an open forum for accessible history from around the world. I have assembled on the main page recent posts and links of historical interest. Please feel free to peruse the following pages and posts and contact me with your comments and questions. Thank you for visiting and do visit again soon. You can stay up-to-date on all posts by signing up for regular updates via email.

This Day in History

Russian revolutionary Sergei Kirov murdered
Rosa Parks ignites bus boycott
Presidential election goes to the House of Representatives
Chunnel makes breakthrough
Bette Midler is born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Ninety students die in Chicago school fire
Antarctica made a military-free continent
Abraham Lincoln delivers State of the Union address
Ford’s assembly line starts rolling
George Washington establishes winter quarters at Morristown

BBC News

Trump ally: 'No voter fraud to overturn election'
Georgia official: Trump inciting election violence
The New ‘Nigerian Princes’ of hacking?
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Eritrea refugees in Ethiopia run out of food, UN says
Elliot Page: Juno star announces he is transgender
'Volga maniac' murder suspect arrested in Russia
Stockholm mother arrested 'after keeping son for decades in flat'
China #MeToo: Court to hear landmark case of intern versus TV star
Jozsef Szajer: Hungary MEP quits after allegedly fleeing gay orgy
China refuses to apologise to Australia for fake soldier image

New York Times

Trump Has Discussed With Advisers Pardons for His 3 Eldest Children and Giuliani
Barr Admits Finding No Evidence of Fraud That Could Have Swayed Election
Barr Makes Durham a Special Counsel in a Bid to Entrench Scrutiny of the Russia Inquiry
‘It Has to Stop’: Georgia Election Official Lashes Trump
C.D.C. Panel Issues Recommendations on Who Should Be Vaccinated First
Surging Virus Exposes California’s Weak Spot: A Lack of Hospital Beds and Staff
It’s Holiday Party Season at the White House. Masks Are Encouraged, but Not Required.
Biden and His Economic Team Urge Quick Action on Stimulus as Risks Mount
Republican Resistance to Tanden Illustrates Trouble Ahead for Biden
No, it isn’t unusual that Kamala Harris is still in the Senate.

Time Magazine

Healthcare Workers and Elderly Care Home Residents Will Get First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine, CDC Panel Says
‘I Am Trans.’ Elliot Page, Star of Juno and Umbrella Academy, Announces Transgender Identity
Attorney General Barr Says DOJ Hasn’t Uncovered Evidence of Voter Fraud That’d Change Outcome of 2020 Election
For Years, Republicans Ignored Donald Trump’s Tweets. Now They’re Using Twitter as an Excuse to Attack Biden’s Budget Chief Pick
There Will Be No Safe Havens in COVID-19’s Final Assault on the U.S.
Car Drove Into Pedestrian Zone in Germany, Killing 2 and Injuring 15
These Are the 10 ‘Most Urgent’ Cases of Threats to Press Freedom Around the World in December 2020
Here’s What’s New on Amazon Prime in December 2020
These Latinas Were Pioneers for Workers’ Rights in the U.S. Here Are 2 You Should Have Learned About in School
On World AIDS Day, Those Who Fought the 1980s Epidemic Find Striking Differences and Tragic Parallels in COVID-19

Memorial Fund

Memorial Fund

Reuters News

An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

WSJ World News

An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

The World Next Week

Screening and Discussion of "A La Calle"
The Future of Europe
CFR Master Class With Adam Segal
A Conversation With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission
A Conversation With House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith
A Conversation With Vice Admiral Robert Sharp
A Conversation With Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh of the Palestinian Authority
A Conversation With President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
CFR Master Class With Sheila Smith
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Robert S. Kaplan

AbeBooks Blog

DreamHaven Books – Minneapolis’ haven for sci-fi, fantasy & horror
American poet Louise Glück wins 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature
Spend the night in Gladstone’s Library
Gustave Dore’s London
The Book of Black Magic

Smithsonian History Feed

The Ten Best History Books of 2020
The Smithsonian’s Evolving Role as the Nation’s Knowledge Partner
Cooking with Alex Guarnaschelli and 25 Other Smithsonian Associates Programs Streaming in December
What Happened on John Lennon's Last Day
Twelve Ancient and Enduring Places Around the World
The Ten Best Books About Food of 2020
Why the P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II Beast of the Airways, Ruled the Skies
Why the Myths of Plymouth Dominate the American Imagination
Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut
A Brief History of the Falklands War

The New Yorker

How to Draw a Wedding
Some Fantasy Bras
The Biggest Challenge Facing Joe Biden’s New Economic Team
The Fatal Flaw of “The Queen’s Gambit”
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, December 1st
I’ll Have Kids in a Few Years, When I’m Successful and Wealthy and My Life Is Finally Perfect
The Best Books We Read in 2020
Samantha Hunt Reads Yiyun Li
Why the Assassination of a Scientist Will Have No Impact on Iran’s Nuclear Program
New Uses for Forgotten Office Items

History Today

When They Get to the Border
Birth of an Imperial Historian
After Me, Conquest
A Holy Trinity
A Historic Turning Point?
Illyria Found
A Queen on Trial
On the Wrong Side of History
Illuminating Conspiracy
Trust in Change

History Today Podcasts

The Crown Lost at Sea
The Wars of the Roses: The Queen who Lost Everything
Foreign Correspondents in the Soviet Union
Nagorno-Karabakh’s Myth of Ancient Hatreds
‘The Terrible Lioness’
Terror on Wall Street
The Power of the Royal Mistress
The Rise of the Valkyries
Henry VIII Meets his Match
A History of the Oceans

Medievalists Blog

Margaret Tudor, Paleography, and the Scots Language, with Helen Newsome
Essential Hiking Gear for a Medieval Chinese Monk
The kingdom of Rus’ and medieval Europe, with Christian Raffensperger
Bad Bread, Big Wines, and Plenty of Meat: A Culinary Tour in the Year 1404
Medieval Scandinavia: The Finnish Peoples

In the Middle – Medieval Blog

In Support and Solidarity
Open Letter from Medievalists In Support of the Wet'suwet'en Protectors
A Graduate Student in the (Farmers') Marketplace of Ideas
On hidden scars and the passive voice
#RaceB4Race: Beginnings

Medieval Hungary

In memoriam Zsuzsa Urbach (1933-2020)
Mapping Eastern Europe Website Launched
Croatia and Hungary. 800 Years of Common Heritage
10 Years of the Medieval Hungary blog
An Antonio Tempesta rediscovered in Budapest

History Extra Podcasts

Princes in the Tower: A medieval murder mystery. Episode Six: The other suspects
The ‘lost’ city of Atlantis
Ancient Babylon: everything you wanted to know
Looking for Egypt’s lost tombs
Robert Harris on V2, historical fiction and WW2
2020: The historians’ verdict
Women in Greek myths
Princes in the Tower: A medieval murder mystery. Episode Five: CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE AND STRANGE BEHAVIOUR
Germans who resisted the Nazis
Shakespeare: everything you wanted to know

Ask the Past

How to Freshen Your Face, 1565
How to Increase Your Energy, 15th century
How to Cure Your Cough, 1558
How to Interpret Forehead Wrinkles, 1562
How to Pest-Proof Your House, 1639
How to Bathe in January, c. 7th century
How to Make It Through November, c. 7th c.
How to Eat a Pumpkin, 1597
How to Survive a Mermaid Attack, 1527
How to Treat the Freshmen, 1367

CBC Ideas Podcasts

Bridging Divides In The Wake of a Global Pandemic
Generation Botox
What's in a Name?
Common Good | Commanding Hope: Thomas Homer-Dixon
Peace, Order, and Good Geometry
The Cult Movie Canon
The Complexity of Cuteness
Thucydides, Part 2: Lessons from the plague of Athens
Thucydides, Part 1: The First Journalist
Render Unto Caesar: Render What? Unto Whom?

Council on Foreign Relations

Screening and Discussion of "A La Calle"
The Future of Europe
CFR Master Class With Adam Segal
A Conversation With President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission
A Conversation With House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith
A Conversation With Vice Admiral Robert Sharp
A Conversation With Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh of the Palestinian Authority
A Conversation With President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
CFR Master Class With Sheila Smith
C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics With Robert S. Kaplan

A Don’s Life

An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later.

Today’s Document from the National Archives

Rosa Parks's Seat

The History Blog

Mass grave found in Vianen moat
Oldest evidence of horseback riding in China
Artemisia exhibition film: a review
Rare Viking chamber grave found in central Norway
Ancient Puebloan blanket made with 11,550 turkey feathers
Pillow brick found in 13th c. clergyman’s grave
Darwin’s Tree of Life notebook stolen
Biggest Bronze Age goddess statue found in central Turkey
Dueling Dinosaurs gifted to North Carolina museum
Two of Vesuvius’ victims found, cast

History of the Ancient World

A History of Ancient Rome in 10 Buildings
10 Self-Help Tips from a Roman Emperor
The Search for Early Christian Egypt: Archaeology and the Treasures of the Desert
Basel papyrus is an ancient medical text, researchers find
Spells, charms, erotic dolls: love magic in the ancient Mediterranean
Pliny the Elder’s History: Recording the past in the Naturalis Historia
Guide to the classics: the Epic of Gilgamesh
Rome’s Flaminian Obelisk: an epic journey from divine Egyptian symbol to tourist attraction
Religions of Ancient Italy
Research network sheds new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world

Got Medieval

Medieval Batman Cosplay Worth the Click-Through
The Medieval Secret To Besieging Castles That THEY Don’t Want You To Know (Wmm… Marginalia #118)
A Little Something Classy for the Patron (Mmm… Marginalia #116)
Speaking of Horses (Mmm… Marginalia #115)
Finally, a reason to call fundamentalists ‘medieval’
Make Like a Manuscript and Leaf (Mmm… Marginalia #114)
Adventures in Adaptation
On Horses, Getting Back On Them (Mmm… Marginalia #113)
Gravity in the Margins, again (Mmm… Marginalia #112)
Blasphemy, Blaspheyou, Blaspheverybody (Mmm… Marginalia #108)

History and Women

Boudicca - Rage Against the Dying Light
Martha Graham's Cold War
The Aloha Spirit - The Life of Carmen Dolores Jaime Medeiros Rodrigues
Edith of Wessex - The Confessor's Wife
George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin) 1804-1876
Those Not-So Wicked Sporting Ladies of the Wicked West - Pearl DeVere
The Pioneer Women of California - Ellen VanValkenburgh, Emily Williams, and Eva VanValkenburg
Tituba - The First Witch of Salem
Mary De Morgan - A Writer of Fairy Tales
Suffragettes - Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflins

Roman Times

The dark side of early Saturnalia
Phrixus and the origin of the golden fleece
Minerva or Bellona?
Africans in Greek and Roman Art
Small Etruscan bronzes
Alectryomancy and the sacred rooster
Animal mummies of the Ptolemaic and Roman Period
Byzantine Temple Pendants
Roman cavalry masks
Apulian vase painting

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Jim Thorpe, Pro Athlete (Part 3)
SYMHC Classics: Coubertin and the Modern Olympics
Behind the Scenes Minis: Jim Thorpe Parts 1 & 2
Jim Thorpe, Olympian (Part 2)
Jim Thorpe and Carlisle Football (Part 1)
SYMHC Classics: Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte
Behind the Scenes Minis: Baby Savers
Vivien Thomas, Surgical Pathfinder
Helen Taussig, Mother of Pediatric Cardiology
SYMHC Classics: The Cod Wars

Intelligent Life

From zumping to fried squid: the new language of work
Mindfulness is useless in a pandemic
On the hunt with Yorkshire’s virus-detectives
The crown and the crop top: the king of Thailand in six objects
How Dominic Cummings wasted the greatest opportunity of his life
The Thanksgiving turkey is a beast of no nation
The painter and the zebra-hunter: what presidents do after leaving office
How to train your algorithm: lessons from the pointless and important world of TikTok
Never-ending story: why do today’s TV shows go on and on?
Lessons in losing, from Cleopatra to Thatcher

15,444 hits

Follow My Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address:

Click here for my RSS Feed

RSS - Posts

Share this:

Like this:

Related

Leave a Reply Cancel reply