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What research on English dukes can teach us about why the rich live longer

Edit Vox 25 Apr 2016
In the 1550s, English dukes had about the same life expectancy as everybody else — and sometimes fared even worse. Back then, there weren't many effective medical treatments or preventive measures for anyone, even aristocrats with money to spend. If you play with our interactive, based on new research led by Stanford's Raj Chetty, you can see that times have changed ... The higher the income level, the longer the life, along a spectrum ... ....

Shakespeare's birthday: Where can you get close to the Bard?

Edit BBC News 22 Apr 2016
In the 400 years since his death much about William Shakespeare remains a mystery. Can we track down the places he worked, lived and visited?. William Shakespeare. The Bard. One of the most famous people ever ... "There's no supposition about the Henley Street birthplace, it's a house that [Shakespeare's father] John Shakespeare had owned since the 1550s," says Prof Alan Somerset, of the Records of Early English Drama project (Reed) ... Remains....

Brief encounters: Undressed at the V&A;

Edit The Guardian 16 Apr 2016
From Queen Victoria’s mother’s pantaloons to Kim Kardashian’s ‘butt-lifters’ – an exhibition about the history of underwear explores the beautiful and bizarre inventions beneath our clothes ... “What’s it actually like,” she asks quietly, “to wear a corset?” ... But Ehrman knows that I have been in and out of corsets and stays from the 1550s to the 1950s, during the course of making various TV programmes about historical fashion ... Twitter ... ....

Buccaneer Bones: Possible Pirate Skeleton Found Under Scotland Schoolyard

Edit Yahoo Daily News 13 Jan 2016
Dead men tell no tales, but scientists can still learn much about them from their bones. Archaeologists recently determined that a skeleton found buried on a primary school's property in Edinburgh, Scotland, dates back to the 16th century and likely was that of a criminal ... "In the 1550s, there was a gibbet erected at Newhaven for public executions," Lawson told Live Science ... View gallery ... Original article on Live Science....

Special services mark royal anniversaries (The Anglican Communion)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jan 2016
(Source. The Anglican Communion). [ACNS] A service of Compline was held last night (Wednesday) at Waltham Abbey Church in Essex, England, to commemorate the 950th anniversary of the coronation of King Harold Godwinson ... Meanwhile, the first service according to the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church to be celebrated since the 1550s at Hampton Court Palace's Chapel Royal will be held next month ... (noodl. 31576639) ....

The true story behind who put the ‘x’ in Xmas!

Edit The Times of India 22 Dec 2015
Whether it's giving gifts or munching on candy canes, everyone loves Christmas traditions, but few people know how or where these customs came from. Find out the surprising, funny and even nothing-to-do with-Jesus roots of these common Christmas traditions ... While the use of the word dates back to the 1550s, today it's often used erroneously as a non-religious name for the holiday by supposedly removing the 'Christ' from 'Christmas' ... ....

Historic maps, atlases of America up for sale at NYC auction

Edit Denver Post 05 Dec 2015
Click photo to enlarge. This photo provided courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries shows a German map produced in the mid-16th century that is among the historic maps and atlases for sale Tuesday, Dec ... «123» ... The oldest item for sale is a German map from the 1550s that was the earliest to show all of the Americas and to name the Pacific Ocean, marked on the document in its Latin name. "Mare pacificum." ... ....

ESPN's NFL gambling expert is back — here are his picks for Week 7

Edit Yahoo Daily News 23 Oct 2015
View photo. (Thearon W. Henderson). Sal Iacono is a writer for "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and better known among sports fans as "Cousin Sal" on Bill Simmons' podcasts. He's also making a name for himself as ESPN's newest NFL gambling expert ... As Simmons would say, good job by you! ... He's also 4-2 this season on his "Best Bet." ... Pick 1. ... [to Neil Everett] Do you know who she was? She was a queen in the 1550s ... He's on the hot seat ... Jags keep this close....

Southern Pines

Edit The Charlotte Observer 02 Oct 2015
Stroll. Widely known as North Carolina’s home of golf, the Sandhills towns of Southern Pines and Pinehurst offer more places to stretch your legs than just on the course ... The gardens are planted to be bloom- and berry-filled every season ... Shop ... Pottery Center (www.ncpotterycenter.org) will fill an afternoon ... Some of the trees here date back to the 1550s, including the oldest known longleaf pine, a bent and twisted 466-year old beauty....

UW Religion Today: King James and His Bible (University of Wyoming)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Sep 2015
(Source. University of Wyoming). September 2, 2015 - By Paul V.M. Flesher. King James grew up as a king ... Most were connected with Cambridge University, a hotbed of Puritan theology at the time. The most popular Bible among English Christians at the time was the Geneva Bible, which Puritan scholars had composed in Geneva during their exile from the persecution of Queen Mary ("Bloody Mary") in the 1550s ... Note ... distributed by ... (noodl....

Farewell to an ancient landmark

Edit The Guardian 08 Aug 2015
Hallam Moors, South Yorkshire The pole had gone. Its footing had been among a group of boulders at the top of the climb, but the hole was now empty, as though a tooth had been pulled. @calmandfearless ... Now it is closed to motorised traffic and the surface repaired ... Historians have suggested the older initials are those of parish surveyors checking the boundary’s condition; there are claims there was a pole here as early as the 1550s ... ....

Reds are for summer sipping too

Edit The Examiner 10 Jul 2015
Summer is a robust time of the year with energetic activities abounding outside; so let your wine reflect that vigor ... It is medium to full-bodied with firm tannins and a long finish ... The wines were enjoyed in the 1550s by both the Papal Court and the English Court of King Henry VIII and now worldwide ... ....

Warwick Researchers Help Reconstructing the Michelangelo bronzes (The University of Warwick)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jul 2015
(Source. The University of Warwick) ... The latest technology-neutron imaging, XRF analysis, 360 degree laser scanning, 3D printing, and real-time x-ray videography - has been involved in this Renaissance 'whodunnit' ... " ... 6 July 2015. Notes to editors. ... Lead researchers behind the initial Michelangelo attribution ... Visual evidence ... More recently they were dated to the 1550s and associated with the Dutch sculptor Willem Danielsz Van Tetrode....
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