Ať už jde o satanskou paniku nebo antivaxerské hnutí, přistání na Měsíci nebo aféru Pizzagate, my lidé jsme odjakživa měli ve zvyku věřit, že nám mocní lžou (a abychom si nekřivdili, občas tomu tak skutečně je). Ačkoli je ale zábava přihlásit se do skupinového chatu a potlachat si tam o takzvaném deep state (hlubokém státu), události nedávných let nám ukázaly, že některé z těchto teorií si začaly žít vlastním životem - a že naše urputná honba za pravdou může ve skutečnosti páchat škody. V Konspiračních teoriích nás Tom Phillips a...

Do you feel like we're living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another? Here's a small comfort: you're not the first to feel that way. If there's one thing that people throughout history have agreed on, it's that history wasn't going to be around for much longer. This book is about the apocalypse, and how humans have always believed it to be very f*cking nigh. Across thousands of years, we'll meet weird cults, failed prophets and mass panics, holy warriors leading revolts in anticipation of the last days, and suburbanites waiting for...

In 2016, Oxford Archaeology undertook excavations along the 20km route of the Norwich Northern Distributor Route (now renamed as the A1270 Broadland Northway) in a series of nineteen discrete areas targeting sites of archaeological significance. Lying on undulating ground to the north and east of Norwich, the area has been farmland or pasture throughout the modern period, except for land that formed part of Rackheath Airfield during the Second World War. The project’s environs have varied topography and geology, with vast swathes of acid heathland. The lush valley of the River Wensum lies...