Gifts to Buy for Your Favourite History Lover This Christmas


 With less than a month until Christmas, we should probably start thinking about gifts if we haven't already. I like to try and shop from small, independent stores around this time of year rather than from big companies.

Chances are you might have someone in your life that is a complete and utter history buff so why not get them a gift related to their favourite topic. Here are a few ideas of Gifts to Buy for Your Favourite History Buff This Christmas!


My Life is in Ruins T-shirt from What is History £25.01 I think all history buffs love a good pun so why not treat them to a punderful t-shirt...see what I did there?

Yaasss Queen Mug from Clavis & Claustra £11.00 A mug with all their favourite queens on - YAS PLEASE!

Historical Fiction Bookbox from Bookbarn International £9.99 This one's for the book lovers! Inside each box is a preloved historical fiction book, a sachet of tea or coffee and some biscuits. Sounds like the recipe for a cosy night in reading!

Celtic Sword from English Heritage £90.00 Surprise your favourite Celtic history lover with their very own sword!



Inside History Digital Subscription £10.00 A magazine subscription is always a good idea as it's not something that people often think of buying for themselves.

A Gift Membership to a museum - I really like the Vagina Museum's gift membership (£50.00) as it comes with loads of perks such as 10% off in the gift shop and invites to special events.

National Trust Gift Memebership £72.00 This will allow your loved one free entry into over 500 National Trust sites and they will also receive a regular National Trust magazine!

What is History Now From Bookshop.org £18.60 This book is one I'm so keen to read as are many history lovers. It looks at how we interpret history in the modern day - a must read for all historians!

The World Aflame by Dan Jones & Marina Amaral from Bookshop.org £9.29 This book looks at both the First and Second World Wars alongside some incredible colourised images, bringing history to life. 

A Victorian Peepshow from Brunel's SS Great Britain online shop £15  This one's for the Victorian enthusiasts! Peep shows were popular souvenirs in the Victorian period. They resemble miniature stage sets and expand to create an illusion of depth. I'm sure any history lover would be thrilled to receive this Victorian inspired gift!

Victoria Playing Cards from Brunel's SS Great Britain online shop £5 Playing cards with different paintings and portraits of Queen Victoria on? The historian's dream!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The History of The Old Man of Coniston

Image
  May is National Walking Month so I wanted to share with you the history behind a recent walk I did. The Old Man of Coniston (or Coniston Old Man) is located in the Lake District and is one of the fells in the Furness Fells . It is approximately 2632.61 ft high. The road up to the main car park for the hike was originally built to serve the slate quarry . The Coniston Old man has an extensive slate mining history dating back to 12th and 13th centuries. It was estimated that around this time slate began to be worked here and has been worked up until the present day. By the 1500s, established slate workings were present in the area. On the stony path on the way up to the summit, you can see numerous signs of the remnants of the slate industry from buildings and machinery to electrical pylons.   The summit itself is signified by a slate platform and cairn. Although this is a great spot to have lunch if the weather is good, the summit was historically used as a warning beacon which for
Read more

10 Weird Facts You Didn't Know About Stalin

Image
 ‘Stalin takes care of each of us from the Kremlin’, Viktor Govorkov, 1940, Iskusstvo (Moscow, Leningrad) via Australian National University  In today's post we're going to get close and personal with Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. Here are 10 weird yet wonderful facts you probably didn't know about Stalin. 1. Joseph Stalin was not his real name. He was actually called Josef Dzhugashvili, or Soso to his family. He first used his pseudonym 'Stalin' when writing for the St Petersburg based Bolshevik newspaper, Pravda, in 1912. Many historians believe that he took the name as it was similar to 'Lenin'. The meaning of 'Stalin' is steel or man of steel which I can never get out of my head when I think of the famous Superman movie, Man of Steel .  2. He came from a violent family. Given Stalin's violent nature, it probably wont surprise you that he was beaten by his father as a child.    However, his violent upbringing goes further than t
Read more

5 Interesting Facts You Didn't Know About Rasputin

Image
Grigori Rasputin Colorized by Marina Amaral Grigori Rasputin is well known for his connections with Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra and their family. Overtime, he has gained the reputation of a being mad monk with healing powers and undeniable sexual allure. But is that true? Here's 5 facts about Rasputin that you didn't know before. 1. He was a mystic healer. Well, sort of. He was of the Orthodox Christian faith and was incredibly spiritual. He claimed to have had a religious experience and travelled the country teaching faith gaining him the reputation as a wandering mystic. He came into contact with Tsar Nicholas and tried to help heal his son, Alexei, of haemophilia and it seemed to work. There is dispute over whether this was down to his mystical powers, hypnosis or simply change of medication. The Russian Royal Family During the First World War © IWM (Q 69052) 2. He did not, as the cartoon Anastasia suggests, kill Tsar Nicholas and his family. Rasputin
Read more