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The Friday Digest 23/05/14

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This week's update features 'Jurassic Mary', a First World War love story and fifty years of Nutella. 


A French soldier is shot during a counter attack (Alamy)

 

Verdun's storm of shellfire that obliterated 300,000 men  'an inferno that marked the birth of the age of warfare by mass destruction'. 


(L-R) Joseph Oklahombi, Tobias Frazier and Otis Leader


The Native American 'code talkers' who baffled the German code breakers.


GALLIPOLI: The 52nd Lowland Division fought in the famous battle.


* The ongoing battle to tell the story of Gallipoli heroes and the role the 52nd Division played in the First World War in school history lessons 


Tyne Cot Memorial & Cemetery. Image from http://www.greatwarci.net/honour/guernsey/database/gallienne-a-704-tynecot.htm


* Why are schoolchildren being sent to the First World War battlefields?  


 

Fred and Nellie Sharp, 5 August 1916. Photo with kind permission of Joy

 

Have we finally found Fred and Nellie? The First World War love story mystery solved by Facebook.

 

Mary Anning Google doodle


* On Wednesday, 21 July, Google's doodle marked the the 215th birthday of geologist Mary Anning. Find out more about the extraordinary life of 'Jurassic Mary' and the primeval monsters here.


Austin Powers poster bearing the words "Groovy Baby"

 

* 10 slang phrases that perfectly sum up their era.

 

History beyond the academy: children dress up in period costume on a visit to Lacock Academy, Wiltshire

 

 * Academic history is important, but there are other ways of engaging with the past, says Ian Mortimer. Do you agree? 

 

Tamut, a high-ranking priest's daughter. Shown here is a detail of the cartonnage case that contains the mummy.

 

* Eight mummies, eight lives, eight stories.  


The Union of England and Scotland, Peter Paul Reubens, c.1633

 

* Is the idea of 'Britishness' just a Scottish invention?


Adolf Hitler's 'Shelter in Fournes', 1915. AKG Images


* Churchill and Hitler did not have much in common, but they shared one interest: both were amateur painters


Diego Maradona scores 'hand of God' goal, 1986: brick-by-brick reconstruction of a classic World Cup moment


* With only a few weeks to go until the World Cup kicks off, The Guardian are publishing a series of 'brick-by-brick reconstructions' of classic moments from previous World Cups, starting with Diego Maradona's 'hand of God' goal of 1986.

 

Nutella stamp 

* Nutella: How the world went nuts for a hazelnut spread


The first Yorkist king of England, Edward IV (1442–1483) - Getty Images


* History Extra examine the life, death and reign of Edward IV


Booskeller MD Nigel Roby took over the "Nibbies" six years ago, though the event dates back a quarter century in all.

 

* The UK Nibbies have reached the grand old age of 25 but why do industry awards matter? 

The independent publishing sector is in good health, Bridget Shine writes, despite the recent sale of Constable & Robinson.

 

used-ebooks1

 

* Why used ebooks still have not happened.

 

Book shelf. Image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/39136843@N05/3709418364/

 

* No more Mr Darcy? Jean Burnett and the fascination of historical fiction.  

* The mysterious case of the aging sleuths and the dying detectives.

 

Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson in the film The Black Dahlia. 'I became fascinated by the Black Dahlia case after reading a reference to it in a crime novel.' Photograph: Universal/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

 

* Why women enjoy the gory details, but only in crime fiction

* Publishing Perspectives asks: does literature need warning labels? 

  

 
  Which history and publishing stories have you enjoyed reading this week?


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