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How Hoopy Were Hoop Skirts? A Fashion Moment
A hoop skirt – a female fashion item from the 1850s and 1860s – is a kind of crinoline, an undergarment to support a large skirt.
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni
'Great British Menu' - the Television Series
Great British Menu is a BBC television series and competition that has been running since 2006. The aim of the game is to find chefs who can cook food worthy of being served at a banquet.
Author: SashaQ
Topical: Harry Potter
On 26 June it is 20 years since the first Harry Potter novel was published.
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What we want you to do is to change one thing about the past. Then figure out how the world would be different from the one we're living in. Go on, you know you want to accept this month's Create Challenge!
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Newest Edited Entries
- How Hoopy Were Hoop Skirts? A Fashion Moment26th June 2017
- 'Great British Menu' - the Television Series26th June 2017
- Digital Photography - Hints and Tips From the H2G2 Photographers 19th June 2017
- American Television Reinventions19th June 2017
- Brontosaurus! Post-Extinction Burial and Rebirth12th June 2017
- 'No Man's Land' - a play by Harold Pinter12th June 2017
- 'Hopes and Fears' - a Novel by Charlotte Yonge21st June 2017
- The Spinc Walk, Glendalough, Co Wicklow5th June 2017
- The Ultimate Pixar Animated Film Guide: 2005-20095th June 2017
- 'The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl' - the Album29th May 2017
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This week, the h2g2 Post is all up in your natural beauty. We've got gardens, and plants, and animals. Beautiful things to look at, and useful (and fun) information about all of them. We're extremely interactive, as well, from the quizzes to the Caption Challenge to the writing suggestions. . . let's face it, you need to be part of this!
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