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Another Reason to Check Your Attic: Priest Holes

Once upon a time in ye olde England, it was illegal to be Catholic. In case you need a quick refresher: King Henry VIII needed a male heir to the. He blamed Catherine of Aragon (his brother’s widow and the first of his six wives) for not bearing him a son. On these grounds, he…

10 Remarkable Things Hiding in the Attic

An attic is the ultimate guardian of secrets; a hiding place for all sorts of things disguised in the darkness and the dust– family history, forgotten treasure, architectural follies and perhaps a few skeletons in the closet? I thought it was about time we dedicated a brief compendium to the attic: the most mysterious and…
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I Ate Sushi in the Attic of a 16th Century Paris Church

I have to say, this job does have its perks. It’s not everyday that you get sushi delivered to you in the attic of one of Paris’ Gothic masterpieces. Then again, we weren’t technically supposed to be there… There’s only one guy in Paris that can pull off a stunt like this and that is…

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