Before I launch into my list of history links, I want to share that a recipe I submitted to The Writer Mama’s blog was featured yesterday: butterscotch pie, just in time for (Canadian) Thanksgiving. Check it out!
Now for some intriguing news and thoughts from around the web:
Tintin drawing earns $1.23 million at Hong Kong auction – and that’s not even a record for a Tintin illustration! This article also includes a fascinating look at the history of the Tintin comics.
Original drawings of Nazi booby trapped bombs were discovered this summer. The intercepted devices were drawn by Lawrence Fish, son of Donald Fish of MI5’s explosive and counter-sabotage unit.
“I wonder if you could do a drawing for me of an explosive slab of chocolate,” the letter, written from a secret London bunker and addressed to Fish read. “We have received information that the enemy are using pound slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate.”
This week the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum launched the Afghanistan Oral History Project.
See pictures of the Post Office Tower, the tallest building in Britain when it opened 50 years ago.
If you want to introduce children to genealogy, start here.
Questions to ask when you learn of digitization projects.
Modernist Posters That Taught 1930s Kids How to Take Good Care of Books
Do you have any links to add to the list?
Haha – that poster though!
I love it!
That genealogy thing for kids was interesting. When I was in grade 8 we were assigned to find out our family tree. Upon comparing notes with the others to see who got back furthest, I discovered that I was third cousins with a classmate Rosie! We were both quite amused.