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May 5 In History 1109: The Moors recaptured Valencia from the Christians. “During the period of Muslim rule… the Jewish quarter was situated on the eastern side of the Rahbat el-qadi and in its vicinity, on the site where the Santa Catalina church stands...

On this day in history… December 27 1825 – 1st public railway using steam locomotive completed in England between Stockton and Darlington 1831 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America 1871 – World’s first cat show (Crystal Palace...

Back in April of 2012 Yvette from In So Many Words dangled the idea of sitting down and listing the Top 100 Mysteries....or at least My Top 100 Mysteries for right now.  'Cause you know the list is always changing.  I said that if I made the list "tomorrow...

Festival season is upon us, with Venice getting underway now and Toronto not far behind. LFF 2015 is only a few more weeks away as well, and the BFI has just unveiled a brilliant line-up, featuring many of the brilliant movies heading to both of those...

From Ian: Bernard-Henri Levy: Today's Anti-Semitism Is a Ticking Time Bomb It was Christian during the centuries of the crusades, the Inquisition, the Medieval pogroms, and beyond—when the Jews were blamed for the suffering and death of Jesus Christ...