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Little-known novelist Forrest Reid was hailed the ‘most important man in Belfast’ by fellow writer E M Forster
The novelist and critic Forrest Reid was born at 20 Mount Charles, Belfast, on June 24 1875 into an Ulster-Scots and ...
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A Confederate Raider Fired the Final Shots of the Civil War in the Arctic, Two and a Half Months After Robert E. Lee Surrendered
The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 American merchant vessels, unaware that the conflict had already ended ...
Stone carving discovered in Qinghai stirs debate
BEIJING: A stone carving that some scholars believe dates back more than 2,200 years and could carry major cultural ...