Found History

The BBC reports on Welshman Mark Colling’s efforts to build a 19ft-long matchstick model of Titanic. The article also includes a slideshow of Mr. Colling’s earlier models, among them a Mississippi River paddlewheel steamer and a WWII-era Spitfire fighter plane. Colling’s choice of subjects provides a great example of the historical sensibilities that [...]

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I wanted to post this before a new issue came out, but alas I didn’t make it in time. In case you missed it, the May 21st New York Times Magazine featured a series of articles on the question of why contemporary architecture, above all other art forms, inspires popular cultural debates. The [...]

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With help from Ammon, I have finally managed to give Found History the respectable URL it deserves, replacing the ponderous http://chnm.gmu.edu/staff/scheinfeldt/foundhistory/ with the elegant www.foundhistory.org
Please update your bookmarks, links, and news readers.

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