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Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia < Wikipedia:Today's featured article ShortcutWP:TFAAWP:TFAAToday's featured article archive 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 January February March April May June July August September October November December << Today's featured articles for February 2026 >> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 February 1 Bust of Scipio The siege of Utica took place from 204 to 201 BC when a Roman army under Publius Cornelius Scipio (bust pictured) attempted to seize the port city to use as a secure base from which to defeat the Carthaginian Empire in its North African homeland. This was part of the Second Punic War, fought between Carthage and Rome for 17 years from 218 BC. In 205 BC Scipio, the Romans' most successful general, was assigned to Sicily with the intention of invading North Africa. Scipio's army landed there in 204 BC, pillaged a large area and laid siege to Utica. Scipio expected the city to surrender readily, but despite being attacked fiercely from land and sea it held out. Meanwhile the Romans won the battle of Utica outside the city followed by victory in three further major pitched battles. After the last of these the Carthaginians sued for peace and accepted the harsh terms imposed by the Romans in 201 BC. (This article is part of a featured topic: Roman invasion of Africa (204–201 BC).) Recently featured: Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice "Life on Mars?" Opifex fuscus Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 2 Ice-filled summit crater of Mount Edziza Mount Edziza is a volcanic mountain in Cassiar Land District in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the Big Raven Plateau of the Tahltan Highland, which extends along the western side of the Stikine Plateau. Mount Edziza has an elevation of 2,786 metres (9,140 feet), making it the highest point of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and one of the highest volcanoes in Canada. However, it had an elevation of at least 3,396 m (11,142 ft) before its formerly cone-shaped summit was likely destroyed by a violent eruption in the geologic past; its current flat summit contains an ice-filled crater (pictured) 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) in diameter. Mount Edziza contains several lava domes, cinder cones and lava fields on its flanks, as well as an ice cap containing several outlet glaciers that extend to lower elevations. All sides of the mountain are drained by tributaries of Mess Creek and Kakiddi Creek, which are situated within the Stikine River watershed. (Full article...) Recently featured: Siege of Utica Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice "Life on Mars?" Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 3 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (3 February 1721 – 8 November 1773) was a Prussian officer, lieutenant general, and among the greatest of the Prussian cavalry generals. He commanded one of the first hussar squadrons of Frederick the Great's army and is credited with the development of the Prussian cavalry to its efficient level of performance in the Seven Years' War. His cavalryman father retired and then died while Seydlitz was still young. Subsequently, he was mentored by Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Seydlitz's superb horsemanship and his recklessness combined to make him a stand-out subaltern, and he emerged as a redoubtable Rittmeister (cavalry captain) in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) during the First and Second Silesian Wars. Seydlitz became legendary throughout the Prussian Army both for his leadership and for his reckless courage. During the Seven Years' War, he gained renown for his ability to assess an entire battlefield quickly. (Full article...) Recently featured: Mount Edziza Siege of Utica Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 4 Rosa Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights movement activist best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in defiance of Jim Crow racial-segregation laws. When Parks was arrested in 1955, local leaders were searching for a person who would be a good legal test case against segregation. She was deemed a suitable candidate, and the Women's Political Council (WPC) organized a one-day bus boycott on the day of her trial. After Parks was found guilty of violating state law, the boycott was extended indefinitely, lasting for 381 days and finally concluding after segregation on buses was deemed unconstitutional in the court case Browder v. Gayle. Parks received many awards and honors, both throughout her life and posthumously. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Congressional Gold Medal, and was also the first Black American to be memorialized in the National Statuary Hall. (Full article...) Recently featured: Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz Mount Edziza Siege of Utica Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 5 The saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri) is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in parts of Central Asia. At 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in) and 25–32 g (0.88–1.13 oz), it is among the larger sparrows. Both sexes have plumage ranging from dull grey to sandy brown, and pale brown legs. The female has a less boldly coloured plumage and bill, lacking the pattern of black stripes on the male's head. The head markings of both sexes make the saxaul sparrow distinctive, and unlikely to be confused with any other bird. Vocalisations include a comparatively soft and musical chirping call, a song, and a flight call. Its distribution falls into six probably disjunct areas across Central Asia, from central Turkmenistan to northern Gansu in China. A bird of deserts, the saxaul sparrow favours areas with shrubs such as the saxaul, near rivers and oases. Although it has lost parts of its range to habitat destruction caused by agriculture, it is not seriously threatened by human activities. (Full article...) Recently featured: Rosa Parks Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz Mount Edziza Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 6 Tara Lipinski (born 1982) is an American former competitive figure skater, actress, sports commentator, and documentary film producer. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1998 Olympic champion, the 1997 world champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997–1998), and the 1997 U.S. national champion. Until 2019, she was the youngest single skater to win a U.S. Nationals and the youngest to become an Olympic and world champion. She was the first woman to complete a triple loop–triple loop combination, her signature jump element, in competition. Starting in 1997, Lipinski had a rivalry with fellow skater Michelle Kwan, which was played up by the American press, and culminated when Lipinski won the gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. She retired from competitive figure skating in 1998. Lipinski became one of NBC's primary figure skating commentators in 2014, alongside sports commentator Terry Gannon and fellow figure skater and good friend Johnny Weir. (Full article...) Recently featured: Saxaul sparrow Rosa Parks Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 7 Immanuel Kant Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that studies beauty, taste, art, and related phenomena. It examines aesthetic properties or features that influence the appeal of objects, like elegance and ugliness. Philosophers debate whether these properties exist objectively or depend on subjective experience. Taste is a sensitivity to aesthetic qualities, and differences in taste can lead to disagreements about aesthetic judgments. Artworks are artifacts or performances such as painting, music, dance, architecture, and literature. Art interpretation and criticism seek to identify the meanings of artworks. Discussions focus on elements such as what an artwork represents, which emotions it expresses, and what the author's underlying intent was. Aesthetics is relevant to fields such as ethics, religion, psychology, and everyday life. Its roots lie in antiquity, but it only emerged as a distinct field of inquiry in the 18th century when philosophers like Alexander Baumgarten and Immanuel Kant (pictured) engaged with the subject systematically. (Full article...) Recently featured: Tara Lipinski Saxaul sparrow Rosa Parks Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 8 Master Juba (c. 1825 – c. 1854) was an African-American dancer. He was one of the first black performers in the United States to play onstage for white audiences and the only one of the era to tour with a white minstrel group. He began his career in Manhattan's Five Points neighborhood and moved to minstrel shows in the mid-1840s. His act featured a sequence in which he imitated famous dancers, then closed by performing in his style. In 1848, he became a sensation in Britain for his dance style, but writers treated him as an exhibit on display. Juba's popularity faded and he died around 1854, probably of fever. He was largely forgotten by historians until a 1947 article by Marian Hannah Winter popularized his story. Juba's dancing style was percussive, varied in tempo and expressive. It likely incorporated European folk steps and African-derived steps used by plantation slaves. Juba was highly influential in the development of tap, jazz, and step-dancing styles. (Full article...) Recently featured: Aesthetics Tara Lipinski Saxaul sparrow Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 9 Poster advertising the Mud March The Mud March, or United Procession of Women, was a peaceful demonstration in London on 9 February 1907 organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), in which more than three thousand women marched from Hyde Park Corner to the Strand in support of women's suffrage. Women from all classes participated in the largest public demonstration supporting women's suffrage seen to that date. It acquired the name "Mud March" from the day's weather; incessant heavy rain left the marchers drenched and mud-spattered. The NUWSS and other groups organised the march to coincide with the opening of Parliament. The event attracted much public interest and broadly sympathetic press coverage, but when a women's suffrage bill was presented the following month it was "talked out" without a vote. The march had a large impact on public awareness and on the movement's tactics. Large peaceful public demonstrations, never previously attempted, became standard features of the suffrage campaign. (Full article...) Recently featured: Master Juba Aesthetics Tara Lipinski Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 10 The St Scholastica Day riot began in Oxford, England, on 10 February 1355. The disturbance began when two students from the University of Oxford complained about the quality of wine served to them in a tavern; the argument quickly escalated to a fight and the resulting mêlée turned into a riot. The violence continued over three days, with armed gangs entering the town from the countryside to assist the townspeople. University halls and students' accommodation were raided and the inhabitants murdered. Around 20 townsfolk were killed, as were up to 63 members of the university. King Edward III sent judges to the town to determine culpability. He came down on the side of the university, who were given additional powers to the disadvantage of the town's authorities. In an act of conciliation in 1955—the riot's 600th anniversary—the mayor of Oxford was given an honorary degree, while the university's vice-chancellor was made an honorary freeman of the city. (Full article...) Recently featured: Mud March (suffragists) Master Juba Aesthetics Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 11 Courtesans photographed by Farsari Adolfo Farsari (11 February 1841 – 7 February 1898) was an Italian photographer based in Yokohama, Japan. Following a brief military career, including service in the American Civil War, he became a successful entrepreneur and commercial photographer. His photographic work was highly regarded, particularly his hand-coloured portraits and landscapes, which he sold mostly to foreign residents and visitors to the country. Farsari's images were widely distributed, presented or mentioned in books and periodicals, and sometimes recreated by artists in other media; they shaped foreign perceptions of the people and places of Japan and to some degree affected how Japanese saw themselves and their country. His studio – the last notable foreign-owned studio in Japan – was one of the country's largest and most prolific commercial photographic firms. Largely due to Farsari's exacting technical standards and entrepreneurial abilities, it had a significant influence on the development of photography in Japan. (Full article...) Recently featured: St Scholastica Day riot Mud March (suffragists) Master Juba Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 12 Fingerspelling of BASL Black American Sign Language (BASL) is a dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) used most commonly by deaf Black Americans in the United States. The divergence from ASL was influenced by the segregation of schools in the American South based on race, creating a language community among Black deaf signers at black schools. As of the mid-2010s, BASL is used by signers in the South despite public schools having been desegregated since 1954. BASL differs from other varieties of ASL in its phonology, syntax, and vocabulary. BASL tends to have a larger signing space, and some signs are produced further away from the body than in other dialects. Signers of BASL also tend to prefer two-handed variants of signs, and some signs differ from other dialects because they borrow from African-American English. Younger signers are more likely to have a positive perception of the dialect, as they are less likely to be influenced by perceptions that segregated schools imprinted upon the dialects. (Full article...) Recently featured: Adolfo Farsari St Scholastica Day riot Mud March (suffragists) Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 13 The Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis is a prediction in archaeology about the relationship between a society's funerary practices and its social organization. It predicts a correlation between two phenomena: the use of specific areas to dispose of the dead, and the legitimation of control over restricted resources through claims of descent from dead ancestors. The hypothesis was first formulated by the anthropologist Arthur Saxe in 1970 and was later refined by Lynne Goldstein. Saxe predicted that societies would be more likely to use formal areas for the disposal of the dead, such as cemeteries, if they contained social groups that legitimized their claims to important, restricted resources by claiming ties to ancestors. The Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis was credited with revitalizing interest in funerary archaeology. It was particularly adopted by adherents of processual archaeology, a body of theory that sought to bring archaeology closer to the natural sciences. From the 1980s, it increasingly fell from favor, and was criticized by post-processual archaeologists as an overgeneralization that oversimplified the different factors that influence funerary practices. (Full article...) Recently featured: Black American Sign Language Adolfo Farsari St Scholastica Day riot Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 14 Captain James Cook (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. During these voyages, he sailed tens of thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas, mapping coastlines, islands, and features across the globe. He completed the first known circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and led the first recorded visit by Europeans to the east coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands. Renowned for exceptional seamanship and courage in times of danger, he was also a pioneer in the prevention of scurvy. In his three Pacific voyages, Cook encountered numerous indigenous peoples, many with little or no previous contact with Europeans, leading to violent encounters in which indigenous peoples and Cook's crew members were killed. Cook was killed in Hawaii in 1779, when a dispute with Native Hawaiians turned violent. (Full article...) Recently featured: Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis Black American Sign Language Adolfo Farsari Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 15 Reverse of a 1967 brass threepence The brass threepence, a twelve-sided coin dated between 1937 and 1970, was the first British coin that was not round. By the mid-1930s, the weight of the bronze penny and its fractions had become an issue for firms that dealt with them in bulk. The silver threepence was unpopular in England due to its small size. The Royal Mint chose a brass twelve-sided threepence readily distinguishable from other coins due to its size, shape and colour. The initial reverse design by Frances Madge Kitchener of a thrift plant was altered at the direction of the Royal Mint by Percy Metcalfe without Kitchener's knowledge. The new coin was slow to circulate when released to the public in 1937, but gained the public's liking, and the silver threepence was discontinued in 1945. A new design, with a crowned portcullis (pictured), was instituted for Elizabeth II in 1953. After the decimalisation of the pound in 1971, it rapidly vanished from circulation and lost its status as legal tender after 31 August 1971. (Full article...) Recently featured: James Cook Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis Black American Sign Language Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 16 Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky, he was self-educated and became a lawyer, Illinois state legislator, and U.S. representative. An anti-slavery advocate, he joined the new Republican Party and won the 1860 presidential election, prompting a majority of slave states in the South to secede and form the Confederate States. As he led the country during civil war, Lincoln supervised the Union army, implemented a naval blockade of Southern ports, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves in the Confederate states. On November 19, 1863, he delivered the now famous Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was re-elected in 1864, and on April 14, 1865, five days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, he was fatally shot by John Wilkes Booth. For his role in preserving the Union and ending slavery, Lincoln is ranked among the greatest US presidents. (Full article...) Recently featured: Brass threepence James Cook Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 17 USS Marmora, a sternwheel tinclad similar to Romeo USS Romeo was a sternwheel steamer that saw service as a tinclad warship during the American Civil War. Completed in August 1862 as a civilian merchant vessel, she was instead purchased by the Union Navy in October. Commissioned in December, she cleared naval mines from the Yazoo River later that month before participating in operations against Confederate-held Fort Hindman in January 1863. Romeo was involved in some of the operations of the Vicksburg campaign in 1863, particularly the Yazoo Pass expedition. Later in 1863, Romeo was involved in part of the Little Rock campaign. During February 1864, she was part of an expedition up the Yazoo River to Yazoo City, Mississippi. She spent most of the rest of the war patrolling the Mississippi River, encountering Confederate land forces on several occasions. Romeo was declared surplus at the end of the war and was sold to civilian owners. Eventually converted into a sidewheel steamer, Romeo ceased to appear in the shipping registers in 1870. (Full article...) Recently featured: Abraham Lincoln Brass threepence James Cook Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 18 Ælfwynn (died 8 July 983) was a member of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon family in Huntingdonshire. In about 932 she married Æthelstan, the powerful ealdorman of East Anglia, who was called the Half-King because monarchs were said to depend on his advice. Ælfwynn is chiefly known for having been foster-mother to the future king, Edgar (ruled 959–975), following his mother's death in 944, when he was an infant. Æthelstan was a leading supporter of the monastic reform movement; Edgar's upbringing in reforming circles profoundly influenced him, and he became a strong ally of the movement as king. Ælfwynn had four sons, and the youngest, Æthelwine, became the chief secular magnate and a leading monastic reformer like his father. In 966 he was a co-founder of Ramsey Abbey. Ælfwynn donated her estates to the foundation in the same year, including one given to her by Edgar, and was probably buried there. She may have played a crucial role in Ramsey's establishment. (Full article...) Recently featured: USS Romeo Abraham Lincoln Brass threepence Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 19 K. Michelle "Mindful" is a hip-hop and R&B song by American singer K. Michelle (pictured) from her third studio album More Issues Than Vogue (2016). T-Pain wrote and produced the song. Footage of Michelle recording the song was used in an episode of her reality television series K. Michelle: My Life. "Mindful" was released by Atlantic Records as the album's third single on February 19, 2016. Throughout the track, Michelle raps the lyrics and warns critics to be "mindful" of her. Some reviewers noted that its uptempo production differed from Michelle's previous singles, and she stated that it was one of the first times she recorded a more light-hearted song. Critics praised Michelle's rapping on "Mindful" and called it a highlight of her singles. The song's music video, released on March 10, 2016, portrays Michelle arguing with women in a trailer park, and was described by reviewers as colorful. (Full article...) Recently featured: Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King USS Romeo Abraham Lincoln Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 20 Zhang Jingsheng (20 February 1888 – 18 June 1970) was a Chinese philosopher and sexologist. Born to merchants in rural Guangdong, he was a militant supporter of the Tongmenghui revolutionaries. After being expelled from school, Zhang entered Peking University and became an advocate for European ideas of social Darwinism, scientific racism, and eugenics. He changed his personal name to Jingsheng, meaning 'competition for survival'. After the 1911 Revolution, Zhang went to France to study philosophy, receiving his doctorate in 1919. He soon became a professor at Peking, publishing two books advocating for a utopian society arranged around aesthetics. In 1926, he published the sexology text Sex Histories. Zhang was ridiculed by the Chinese media and academia for this work, and tabloids gave him the mocking nickname Dr. Sex. After an unsuccessful bookstore venture in Shanghai, he returned home and worked in obscurity. Zhang was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and died in confinement. (Full article...) Recently featured: "Mindful" (song) Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King USS Romeo Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 21 Shigi Qutuqu (c. 1178 – 1260) was a high-ranking official during the early decades of the Mongol Empire. The adopted son of the empire's founder Temüjin (later titled Genghis Khan) and his wife Börte, Shigi Qutuqu played an important role in the codification of Mongol law, serving with distinction as an administrator in northern China. He was brought up in Temüjin's household and was one of the first Mongols to become literate. The Secret History exaggerates Shigi Qutuqu's role in the years after the empire's foundation, but he was nevertheless appointed to several high-ranking legal positions, in which he served during the Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty. He was the commander during the only Mongol defeat in the western campaign against Khwarazmia, being overcome by Jalal al-Din at the 1221 Battle of Parwan. Shigi Qutuqu continued his career as an official during the reign of his adopted brother Ögedei Khan, Genghis's successor. (Full article...) Recently featured: Zhang Jingsheng "Mindful" (song) Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 22 Shigeru Miyamoto, Donkey Kong's creator Donkey Kong is a character created by Shigeru Miyamoto (pictured) for the Japanese video game company Nintendo. He stars in the Donkey Kong franchise while also appearing in the Mario franchise. Donkey Kong is a large, powerful gorilla who leads the Kong family of simians. Stubborn and buffoonish, he attacks using barrels. Donkey Kong debuted as the antagonist in Donkey Kong (1981), characterized as Mario's rebellious pet. Since Donkey Kong Country (1994), he has appeared as a player character protecting his stash of bananas. Donkey Kong has also appeared in animation, comics, children's books, theme park attractions, and merchandise such as Lego toys. Journalists regard Donkey Kong as one of the greatest video game characters. The Donkey Kong franchise was Nintendo's first major international success and remains one of its bestselling franchises. Donkey Kong has been the subject of analysis regarding his gender role and his transition from villain to hero. (Full article...) Recently featured: Shigi Qutuqu Zhang Jingsheng "Mindful" (song) Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 23 Relief depicting spoils from the Jerusalem Temple carried in a triumphal procession The First Jewish–Roman War (66–73/74 CE) was the first of three major Jewish rebellions against the Roman Empire. Fought in the province of Judaea, it was bloodily supressed and resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple. After the client kingdom of Judaea was annexed as a Roman province in 6 CE, tensions grew due to harsh governance and social, ethnic, and religious divisions. Open revolt erupted after the Roman governor Gessius Florus looted the temple in Jerusalem and killed many civilians. Early rebel successes included the defeat of Cestius Gallus at Bethoron, but Roman forces under Vespasian and later his son Titus reconquered the province. Jerusalem fell in 70 CE after a devastating siege, and the last resistance ended with the fall of Masada. The war profoundly reshaped Jewish history and religion, accelerated the separation between early Christianity and Judaism, strengthened the Flavian dynasty, and set the stage for the later catastrophic Bar Kokhba revolt. (Full article...) Recently featured: Donkey Kong (character) Shigi Qutuqu Zhang Jingsheng Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 24 Yuma, Colorado, served as an inspiration for Haruf's small-town settings. Alan Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American writer born and raised in Colorado. He wrote six novels and several short stories set on the High Plains. As a young man Haruf enrolled in the Peace Corps in lieu of military service before receiving a master's degree from the University of Iowa. He initially struggled to establish a career as a writer. Haruf spent years teaching English at a high school and at universities. His writing was first published in 1984 when he was 41. Commercial success eluded him until the publication of Plainsong in 1999, which became a bestseller. Throughout Haruf's career, critics praised his spare and elegant prose, authentic portrayals of rural life, and attention to the beauty found in ordinary things, although he was occasionally criticized for redundancy. A Colorado magazine, 5280, wrote that Haruf is "widely considered Colorado's finest novelist", and the Dublin Review of Books called his work "both uniquely American and profoundly universal". (Full article...) Recently featured: First Jewish–Roman War Donkey Kong (character) Shigi Qutuqu Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 25 The Voices of Morebath (2003 edition) cover The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village is a 2001 non-fiction book by the historian Eamon Duffy. It concerns Morebath, England, during the English Reformation of the 16th century. Using the churchwarden's accounts maintained by Sir Christopher Trychay, the vicar of Morebath's parish, Duffy recounts the religious and social implications of the Reformation in a small conservative Catholic community through the reign of Henry VIII, during the violent 1549 Prayer Book Rebellion, and into the Elizabethan era. Trychay's accounts – first reprinted in 1904 – had been used in other scholarly works and were first encountered by Duffy in 1992. Duffy's work depicts both Morebath and Trychay through their strong early resistance to the Reformation to their eventual adoption of new religious norms under the Protestant Elizabethan Religious Settlement. In 2002, the work won the Hawthornden Prize and the book was shortlisted for both the Samuel Johnson Prize and British Academy Book Prize. (Full article...) Recently featured: Kent Haruf First Jewish–Roman War Donkey Kong (character) Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 26 First page of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune (1832–1911) was an Australian writer who was one of the earliest female authors of detective fiction. Born in Ireland, she lived in Canada before moving to the Australian goldfields in 1855. She began writing for local newspapers soon after her arrival, and was a prolific pseudonymous contributor to The Australian Journal for more than four decades. Her writing primarily consisted of short crime stories – including her best-known work, the 500-story series The Detective's Album (pictured) – but also included serial novels, journalism, poetry, and a memoir. She also wrote romances, Gothic fiction, and ghost stories. Her writing drew on her experiences in the goldfields and in Melbourne's rapidly urbanising environment; she often criticised colonial society and its treatment of women. Despite her popularity as a writer, Fortune experienced unstable housing and alcoholism, and died in poverty. Her identity, obscured by pseudonyms, was not rediscovered until the 1950s. (Full article...) Recently featured: The Voices of Morebath Kent Haruf First Jewish–Roman War Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 27 Fort Southerland is a redoubt built during the American Civil War to protect Camden, Arkansas. Confederate forces built it along with four other redoubts in early 1864 after a Union victory in the Little Rock campaign the previous year. Fort Southerland is about the size of a city block and is roughly oval. It could hold three cannons. When Union forces captured Camden in April 1864 during the Camden Expedition, they improved the defenses of the five redoubts, which were not sufficient for proper defense of the city. After the Confederates retook Camden later that month, they continued to improve the city's defenses. The fort lies within Fort Southerland Park, a municipal park dedicated in 1974. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, and is part of the Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark. Along with Fort Lookout, it is one of only two of the redoubts around Camden still in existence. (Full article...) Recently featured: Mary Fortune The Voices of Morebath Kent Haruf Archive By email More featured articles About view talk edit history watch February 28 Exit building of Hume station Hume MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown Line (DTL) in Singapore. Featuring a colour scheme of green, yellow, and white, the station has two exits and serves the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, the Rail Corridor, and the Former Ford Factory, the latter of which is depicted in the Art-in-Transit artwork Continuity. The station was initially built only with structural provisions due to a lack of projected ridership, with works completed in 2014. Following petitions by nearby residents to improve connectivity around the area, the government announced the start of construction of the remaining facilities in March 2019. Fitting-out works began in February 2021, and the station opened on 28 February 2025, ahead of the original deadline of the second quarter of the same year. Hume was the first underground infill station on the Singapore MRT network. (Full article...) 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