Eliane Wigzell
@elianewigzell.bsky.social
History, politics, cookbooks, wild orchids
@mauricejcasey.com just finished listening to Hotel Lux. Wonderful. Thank you.
October 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
@mauricejcasey.com just finished listening to Hotel Lux. Wonderful. Thank you.
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Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
What Is Colonial Williamsburg For?
Telling the full story of the town’s past is an easy way to make a lot of people mad.
www.theatlantic.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thirty-one years ago, there was a slave auction reenacted at Colonial Williamsburg.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
Some thought it powerful, many thought it insulting.
This summer, I traveled to Williamsburg myself to see how the country’s largest living history museum today tells the story of Black life at America’s founding.
Reposted by Eliane Wigzell
Brighten your day. Historian rediscovers a pre-Incan method of water storage, gets money to restore the existing structures, and the town he grew up in now has access to water 10 hours a day, up from 1/2 hour per day. The details are v. cool.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town
When historian Galo Ramón uncovered a long-forgotten pre-Incan water system in Ecuador, he set about restoring it, and helped transform the landscape and livelihoods
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Brighten your day. Historian rediscovers a pre-Incan method of water storage, gets money to restore the existing structures, and the town he grew up in now has access to water 10 hours a day, up from 1/2 hour per day. The details are v. cool.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
Storyville Books Bookshop UK
Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.
uk.bookshop.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:41 PM
⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
Walked along the canal at Llanfoist this morning.
November 18, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Walked along the canal at Llanfoist this morning.
Perfect day in Toulouse
October 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Perfect day in Toulouse
Ezra Collective at Green Man were incredible - so much joy!
August 18, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Ezra Collective at Green Man were incredible - so much joy!
Eating Thai food, washed down with a frozen margarita, listening to Omar Souleyman, in rural Wales.
August 18, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Eating Thai food, washed down with a frozen margarita, listening to Omar Souleyman, in rural Wales.