Author: The Fake History Hunter

Film review: ‘The First Great Train Robbery’ (1978)

November 30, 2025

This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Remember ‘The First Great Train Robbery’?Oh boy… It’s an 1978 film set in Victorian times with Sean Connery & Donald Sutherland:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Great_Train_Robbery I’ve watched it before … More Film review: ‘The First Great Train Robbery’ (1978)

Book review: ‘I wonder why, Book of knowledge’. by various authors (2006)

November 30, 2025

This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. If you find this book in your kid’s school library, get it removed, it’s so bad.I’m just going through a few of the history pages … More Book review: ‘I wonder why, Book of knowledge’. by various authors (2006)

Art review: Dutch bathhouse scene, unknown artist (1500s)

November 27, 2025

This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Just discovered this painting on wikipedia, never seen it before, first showed up in 2023 in an auction, so it’s pretty unknown.It is a Dutch … More Art review: Dutch bathhouse scene, unknown artist (1500s)

Articles, links & videos about Medieval hygiene

November 26, 2025

In stead of sending a link to old threads on social media every time someone posts nonsense about medieval hygiene, I’ve decided to just collect a whole bunch of links here on this page. Yes, a lot of people still believe that Medieval Europeans rarely or never bathed, didn’t have soap, were scared of water, … More Articles, links & videos about Medieval hygiene

Art review: ‘Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters’ by Hendrick Avercamp (c. 1608)

November 24, 2025

This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Another art review, let’s check out some old art together and see what we can find out about it.This time a wonderful winter themed painting … More Art review: ‘Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters’ by Hendrick Avercamp (c. 1608)

Book review: ‘Life in Medieval Europe, fact and fiction’ by Danièle Cybulskie (2021)

November 24, 2025

This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Today I’ll review ‘Life in Medieval Europe, fact and fiction’ by Danièle Cybulskie. When I read this in the introduction, I knew I was going … More Book review: ‘Life in Medieval Europe, fact and fiction’ by Danièle Cybulskie (2021)

Film review: Dû bist mîn ich bin dîn (2025)

November 24, 2025

This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Review of a film where they did everything wrong… according to how many modern film/tv makers seem to think these days!So yes, they actually did … More Film review: Dû bist mîn ich bin dîn (2025)

Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)

November 23, 2025

This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Let’s do another painting review. I’m just going to look at a nice old painting and share what I notice. This time perhaps the most … More Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)