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After BJP's Bengal Win, Talks Of Revival For 18th Century Paramilitary Force

NDTV 17 Jun 2026
Eastern Frontier Rifles was set up as a border protection force way back in the second half of the eighteenth century and is known by its current name since 1920 ... .
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18th Century church near Beattock to become three-bedroom home

BBC News 17 Jun 2026
The church near Beattock in the south of Scotland dates back to the late 1790s. .
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The secret history of bride abduction in 18th century Ireland

RTE 17 Jun 2026
It reached its apogee in the 18th century when the targets of abduction were heiresses, girls and women expected to inherit property ... Bride kidnapping in Ireland waned throughout the 19th century and was a very rare event by the start of the 20th.
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Rare 18th century embroideries from Skyros, Naxos and Siphnos at Cypria Auctions

Philenews 16 Jun 2026
Among the highlights of the forthcoming Cypria Auctions sale in Nicosia is a small group of rare eighteenth-century embroideries from Skyros, Naxos and Siphnos, ... 18th century ... 18th century ... 18th century.
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Hidden bedroom revealed at 18th Century Mompesson House

BBC News 15 Jun 2026
The bedroom will open to the public for the first time. .
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Ukrainian community gifts Larnaca sculpture honouring 18th-century traveller

CyprusMail 15 Jun 2026
A bronze sculpture honouring 18th-century traveller Vasil Hryhorovich-Barsky was unveiled in Larnaca on Monday ... accounts and sketches that offer valuable insights into 18th-century life on the island.
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In gift to Larnaca, sculpture unveiled of 18th-century Kyiv chronicler of island

CyprusMail 15 Jun 2026
In a historic moment for Cyprus, Larnaca has unveiled the island’s first-ever sculpture of Vasyl Hryhorovych-Barsky, an 18th-century traveller from Kyiv who travelled all over Cyprus on foot, lived ...
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Savage House’s filth and farce are closer to the real bawdiness of the 18th century

The Conversation 10 Jun 2026
Yet this allegedly “lowbrow” film captures the spirit of 18th-century culture more effectively than many glossy period dramas. Savage House seems outrageous because we have forgotten how outrageous the 18th century could be.
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Norway recovers porcelain, chandeliers from 18th century shipwreck

Independent Record 09 Jun 2026
The ship, believed to have sunk around the mid-1700s, was found in the Skagerrak strait off southern Norway, at a depth of some 2,000 feet ... .
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Inside Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's 18th-century Sicilian palace wedding venue

The Mirror 05 Jun 2026
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are celebrating their marriage with a lavish three-day Sicilian celebration, having booked out an 18th-century Baroque palace, as well as a five-star hotel ... .
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18th-century shipwreck found in Norway

The Pantagraph 05 Jun 2026
Chinese porcelain from a recently discovered 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of Norway at the Skagerrak Sea in this undated photo ... .
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Chinese porcelain recovered from 18th-century shipwreck off Norway

ECNS 04 Jun 2026
(ECNS) -- Archaeologists have recovered a large quantity of well-preserved Chinese ceramics from an 18th- century shipwreck off the coast of Norway, CCTV News reported ... However, the vessel's origin and destination remain unknown ... (By Zhang Dongfang).
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Savage House review – Claire Foy and Richard E Grant sell it hard in bewigged 18th-century caper

The Observer 04 Jun 2026
Black-belt performances from Claire Foy and Richard E Grant put some vim and vigour into this haranguingly one-note and unidirectional period romp of the raucously bewigged and be-poxed 18th century ... the only people who will associate with them ... Share.
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The Traveller – an 18th century explorer far ahead of his time

The Guardian 04 Jun 2026
A revelatory account of the life of George Forster, whose rejection of racial hierarchies stood out amongst his peers. George Forster was 10 when he left his home in present-day Poland and travelled to Russia with his naturalist father ... ....
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