Why I’m Obsessed with the Past

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History at school was always super interesting, learning about the castles, the kings and queens, the battles and the exploration. In our lessons in the UK we always seemed to come out on the winning side; a convenient way that the syllabus was choreographed. I never took my formal history learning beyond 16, never to university or after (other subjects, lofty heights and aspirations got in the way) but reading history books in my…