...that Mary Ridge blew up the Liberator on her first encounter with Blake's 7, and killed off the crew on her last? (13 October 2022; with Penny Richards et al.)
...that the British mycologist Denis Garrett, "one of the last 'string and sealing wax' scientists", once bought plastic lavatory cisterns for his laboratory to use in experiments? (2 March 2021)
...that the American scholar Karen Hellekson published the first book in English devoted to analyzing the
alternate history genre? (22 February 2021)
...that Francesca Coppa, a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology of
fan fiction for use in the classroom"? (18 February 2021)
...that the British design historian Cheryl Buckley claimed in an influential 1986 article that women's contributions to design have been "consistently ignored"? (31 January 2021)
...that Millicent Taplin left school at 13 and never studied art full time, yet became one of
Wedgwood's main ceramics designers? (31 January 2021)
...that Adele Rose wrote 457 scripts for the British soap opera Coronation Street, more than any other contributor? (15 January 2021; expanded jointly with
MurielMary)
...that Ball Farm(pictured), in the small
Cheshire village of Hankelow, dates from 1510 and might once have been used as a district court? (23 April 2020)
...that Joseph Stoddart was acknowledged as "one of the founding fathers" of
intensive care in the UK? (10 March 2020)
...that American bacteriologist Harold Conn was sometimes called "Dr. Stain"? (27 January 2020)
...that Alfred Westou is said to have combed the hair and cut the nails of
St Cuthbert, even though the saint had been dead for more than three centuries? (25 March 2019)
...that the dairy-farming area of Warmingham,
Cheshire, is the source of around half the pure salt (brine pump pictured) manufactured in the UK? (29 October 2016)
...that the recently discovered Zamilon virophage(pictured) casts doubt on the concept of
virophages? (22 March 2016) 6,348 views
...that Tessa Hadley's second novel has been described as "mysteriously, bewitchingly compelling" despite being a "virtually plotless portrait ... of breathtakingly ordinary mortals"? (20 March 2016)
...that Robert Shope, described as a "walking encyclopaedia" of
arboviruses, discovered more novel viruses than anyone previously? (18 March 2016)
...that the family-run New Cheshire Salt Works was said to have had a "magnificent"
Art Deco vacuum evaporator, decorated with stripes of different-coloured woods? (4 March 2016)
...that the poet Sarah Howe won the 2015
T. S. Eliot Prize for Loop of Jade, the first time a debut collection has won the award? (2 February 2016)
Electron micrograph of Bourbon virus
...that Bourbon virus(pictured), discovered in 2014 from a man who died after
tick bites, is the first thogotovirus to be associated with human disease in the Western hemisphere? (17 April 2015) 7,129 views
...that a quaranjavirus that can infect humans was discovered in 1953, but it took 60 years to classify it? (30 March 2015)
...that Fritchley Tunnel is believed to be the oldest surviving railway tunnel in the world? (26 March 2015) 8,429 views
Electron micrograph of tick-borne encephalitis virus
...that Pat Nuttall showed that systemic infection of the host is not required for pathogens such as
tick-borne encephalitis virus(pictured) to be transmitted between
vectors? (25 March 2015)
...that in her international debut season, visually impaired cyclist Sophie Thornhill won two gold medals with one guide and another two with a different guide? (1 August 2014)
...that James Hall's 1883 history of
Nantwich remains one of the chief sources for the
Cheshire town's history? (16 April 2013)
Abbot's House, Combermere Abbey
...that throughout the 400-year history of Combermere Abbey(pictured), various of its
abbots and
priors were excommunicated, assaulted, murdered, and accused of forgery and covering up murder? (8 April 2013)
...that although
Steve Reich's works have often been referenced by
pop and
rock musicians, the
Radiohead-inspired Radio Rewrite is the first time Reich (pictured) has returned the compliment? (18 March 2013)
Influenza neuraminidase bound to an inhibitor
...that George Hirst was the first person to discover a
viralenzyme(pictured)? (1 March 2013)
...that Virology is the first English-language journal to focus on
viruses? (22 February 2013)
...that Ali Maow Maalin was the last person in the world to be infected with naturally occurring
smallpox? (16 February 2013)
...that in 1663, Roger Wilbraham organised the replacement of Nantwich Bridge in
Cheshire, and the new bridge was completed in time for his son to be the first corpse carried across it? (29 August 2010)
...that the Queen's Aid House(pictured) has a plaque commemorating
Elizabeth I's aid in rebuilding
Nantwich after a fire, the only time she is known to have contributed to such a cause? (26 August 2010) ~5,392 views
Regent House, Nantwich, Cheshire
...that the bend in the street occupied by Regent House(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire, follows the line of the outer wall of the town's
Normancastle? (19 August 2010) ~6,539 views
Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
...that Roger Wilbraham founded the Widows' Almshouses(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire, in memory of his wife, who died on the first anniversary of the death of their eldest son? (18 August 2010)
...that John Thomson served for 55 years as the schoolmaster of Nantwich Blue Cap School in
Cheshire,
England, and the school closed some six months after his retirement aged 86 or 87? (1 July 2010)
...that 9 Mill Street(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire,
England, dates from 1736, and has been a house, a bank, a political club and a restaurant? (21 June 2010)
...that the ruined
Elizabethan mansion of Rocksavage(pictured) in
Runcorn was once the second-largest house in
Cheshire? (28 February 2009) 7,400 views
...that Bridgemere Garden World in Bridgemere,
Cheshire, now one of the largest
garden centres in Europe, started as "a little garden shed in a small field" in 1961? (9 February 2009)
...that after Crewe Hall(pictured) in
Cheshire was gutted by fire in 1866,
E. M. Barry was employed to restore it to a facsimile of the
Jacobean original? (18 March 2008)
...that award-winning
biographerJenny Uglow described her dictionary of women's biographies as "a mad undertaking, born of a time when
feminists wanted
heroines and didn't have
Google"? (11 February 2008)
...that playwright Sam Thompson's Under the Bridge about
Northern Irishsectarian violence became
Belfast's most-seen play despite a prediction it would "offend and affront every section of the public"? (19 November 2007)
...that close studding(example pictured) of
timber-framed buildings was a 15–16th century status symbol, due to its lavish use of timber? (14 October 2007)
...that Mary Ridge blew up the Liberator on her first encounter with Blake's 7, and killed off the crew on her last? (13 October 2022; with Penny Richards et al.)
...that the British mycologist Denis Garrett, "one of the last 'string and sealing wax' scientists", once bought plastic lavatory cisterns for his laboratory to use in experiments? (2 March 2021)
...that the American scholar Karen Hellekson published the first book in English devoted to analyzing the
alternate history genre? (22 February 2021)
...that Francesca Coppa, a professor of English, compiled "the first anthology of
fan fiction for use in the classroom"? (18 February 2021)
...that the British design historian Cheryl Buckley claimed in an influential 1986 article that women's contributions to design have been "consistently ignored"? (31 January 2021)
...that Millicent Taplin left school at 13 and never studied art full time, yet became one of
Wedgwood's main ceramics designers? (31 January 2021)
...that Adele Rose wrote 457 scripts for the British soap opera Coronation Street, more than any other contributor? (15 January 2021; expanded jointly with
MurielMary)
...that Ball Farm(pictured), in the small
Cheshire village of Hankelow, dates from 1510 and might once have been used as a district court? (23 April 2020)
...that Joseph Stoddart was acknowledged as "one of the founding fathers" of
intensive care in the UK? (10 March 2020)
...that American bacteriologist Harold Conn was sometimes called "Dr. Stain"? (27 January 2020)
...that Alfred Westou is said to have combed the hair and cut the nails of
St Cuthbert, even though the saint had been dead for more than three centuries? (25 March 2019)
...that the dairy-farming area of Warmingham,
Cheshire, is the source of around half the pure salt (brine pump pictured) manufactured in the UK? (29 October 2016)
...that the recently discovered Zamilon virophage(pictured) casts doubt on the concept of
virophages? (22 March 2016) 6,348 views
...that Tessa Hadley's second novel has been described as "mysteriously, bewitchingly compelling" despite being a "virtually plotless portrait ... of breathtakingly ordinary mortals"? (20 March 2016)
...that Robert Shope, described as a "walking encyclopaedia" of
arboviruses, discovered more novel viruses than anyone previously? (18 March 2016)
...that the family-run New Cheshire Salt Works was said to have had a "magnificent"
Art Deco vacuum evaporator, decorated with stripes of different-coloured woods? (4 March 2016)
...that the poet Sarah Howe won the 2015
T. S. Eliot Prize for Loop of Jade, the first time a debut collection has won the award? (2 February 2016)
Electron micrograph of Bourbon virus
...that Bourbon virus(pictured), discovered in 2014 from a man who died after
tick bites, is the first thogotovirus to be associated with human disease in the Western hemisphere? (17 April 2015) 7,129 views
...that a quaranjavirus that can infect humans was discovered in 1953, but it took 60 years to classify it? (30 March 2015)
...that Fritchley Tunnel is believed to be the oldest surviving railway tunnel in the world? (26 March 2015) 8,429 views
Electron micrograph of tick-borne encephalitis virus
...that Pat Nuttall showed that systemic infection of the host is not required for pathogens such as
tick-borne encephalitis virus(pictured) to be transmitted between
vectors? (25 March 2015)
...that in her international debut season, visually impaired cyclist Sophie Thornhill won two gold medals with one guide and another two with a different guide? (1 August 2014)
...that James Hall's 1883 history of
Nantwich remains one of the chief sources for the
Cheshire town's history? (16 April 2013)
Abbot's House, Combermere Abbey
...that throughout the 400-year history of Combermere Abbey(pictured), various of its
abbots and
priors were excommunicated, assaulted, murdered, and accused of forgery and covering up murder? (8 April 2013)
...that although
Steve Reich's works have often been referenced by
pop and
rock musicians, the
Radiohead-inspired Radio Rewrite is the first time Reich (pictured) has returned the compliment? (18 March 2013)
Influenza neuraminidase bound to an inhibitor
...that George Hirst was the first person to discover a
viralenzyme(pictured)? (1 March 2013)
...that Virology is the first English-language journal to focus on
viruses? (22 February 2013)
...that Ali Maow Maalin was the last person in the world to be infected with naturally occurring
smallpox? (16 February 2013)
...that in 1663, Roger Wilbraham organised the replacement of Nantwich Bridge in
Cheshire, and the new bridge was completed in time for his son to be the first corpse carried across it? (29 August 2010)
...that the Queen's Aid House(pictured) has a plaque commemorating
Elizabeth I's aid in rebuilding
Nantwich after a fire, the only time she is known to have contributed to such a cause? (26 August 2010) ~5,392 views
Regent House, Nantwich, Cheshire
...that the bend in the street occupied by Regent House(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire, follows the line of the outer wall of the town's
Normancastle? (19 August 2010) ~6,539 views
Widows' Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire
...that Roger Wilbraham founded the Widows' Almshouses(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire, in memory of his wife, who died on the first anniversary of the death of their eldest son? (18 August 2010)
...that John Thomson served for 55 years as the schoolmaster of Nantwich Blue Cap School in
Cheshire,
England, and the school closed some six months after his retirement aged 86 or 87? (1 July 2010)
...that 9 Mill Street(pictured) in
Nantwich,
Cheshire,
England, dates from 1736, and has been a house, a bank, a political club and a restaurant? (21 June 2010)
...that the ruined
Elizabethan mansion of Rocksavage(pictured) in
Runcorn was once the second-largest house in
Cheshire? (28 February 2009) 7,400 views
...that Bridgemere Garden World in Bridgemere,
Cheshire, now one of the largest
garden centres in Europe, started as "a little garden shed in a small field" in 1961? (9 February 2009)
...that after Crewe Hall(pictured) in
Cheshire was gutted by fire in 1866,
E. M. Barry was employed to restore it to a facsimile of the
Jacobean original? (18 March 2008)
...that award-winning
biographerJenny Uglow described her dictionary of women's biographies as "a mad undertaking, born of a time when
feminists wanted
heroines and didn't have
Google"? (11 February 2008)
...that playwright Sam Thompson's Under the Bridge about
Northern Irishsectarian violence became
Belfast's most-seen play despite a prediction it would "offend and affront every section of the public"? (19 November 2007)
...that close studding(example pictured) of
timber-framed buildings was a 15–16th century status symbol, due to its lavish use of timber? (14 October 2007)