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May 1, 20248 min read
Paleofuture. Part 1: Introduction
By Tom Anderson The Jetsons, from Hanna-Barbera. Set in 2062. Is this what things will look like in 40 years time? Picture courtesy TV...
Apr 29, 20243 min read
What if NASA had used as much existing Apollo hardware as possible for the Space Shuttle?
By Allen W. McDonnell and Jeff Provine This article was originally posted on Today in Alternate History (twitter)and the original article...
Apr 26, 202414 min read
Sport and Politics - The Olympic Games. Part 8
By Pete Usher. The Royal Barge Gloriana moored at the London Olympic Park in 2012. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. And so we come to...
Apr 24, 20246 min read
A Myth is Good for a While. Part 2: Stone Circles.
By the non-mythical Sergeant Frosty. Castlerigg Stone Circle, near Keswick. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Stone circles. There are...
Apr 22, 202415 min read
Fiction Friction: Pragmatic Adaptation, Part 2
By Tom Anderson Denethor, apparently, a character portrayed very differently in book and film. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Part 1...
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Apr 19, 20246 min read
Book Nook: If It Had Happened Otherwise (Ed JC Squire, 1932[fn 1])
Review by Liam Connell A parlour game of the Might-Have-Beens. Picture courtesy Amazon. Alternate history, the historian EH Carr famously...
Apr 17, 20248 min read
Alternate Space. For All Mankind.
By Andy Cooke For All Mankind, from Apple TV. Picture courtesy Apple. Introduction We are living in a Golden Age for alternate history in...
Apr 15, 20247 min read
Judge Dread Rides Out
By Charles EP Murphy. Could this have been the Face of Judge Dread? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Back when 2000AD was being...
Apr 12, 20247 min read
The Earth is Round?
By JA Belanger. What, round like a ball? Sacrobosco's De Sphaera Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. While it is not as common now, the...
Apr 10, 202413 min read
Book Nook: For Want of a Nail
Review by Ryan Fleming. There's no doubt. The title tells you what the book's about. Picture courtesy Amazon. Amongst the many...
Apr 8, 20249 min read
Fiction Friction: Pragmatic Adaptation, Part 1.
By Tom Anderson. If Agatha Christie were alive today, she'd turn in her grave at what Branagh did to Orient Express. Picture courtesy...
Apr 6, 20245 min read
Monthly Vignette: Comfort in Cartoons
By Alex Wallace. This month, our vignette is from the 36th vignette challenge, which had as its theme: “Anime.” This was the winning...
Apr 5, 202411 min read
PODCast: 15 August 1399, Part 2
By Tim Venning Richard II exerting control during the Peasants' Revolt. According to James Doyle, anyway. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Apr 3, 202412 min read
Sport and Politics: The Olympic Games. Part 7
By Pete Usher Promoting peace and harmony and with a complete absence of politics, right? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. People...
Apr 1, 20245 min read
A Myth is Good For a While
By the Non-Mythical Sergeant Frosty. Siwash Rock, Vancouver. There is currently a debate on changing the name of the feature to...
Mar 29, 20243 min read
The Grand Colonel Effect: One Author's Rules for Alternate Names
By Colin Salt. Brigadier General Norvell Coots, commander Regional Health Command Europe. Potentially a Grand Colonel. Picture courtesy...
Mar 27, 202412 min read
Writing Alternate History: The Unexpected Constant
By Tom Anderson. How often does this man appear in Timelines of the 1970s and 1980s? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Although I have...
Mar 25, 20245 min read
The Nearly Tales of Sport
By Pete Usher Sport is always full of “nearly” stories, normally at the business end of a competition. Just recently, Scotland nearly...
Mar 22, 202416 min read
POD Cast: 15 August, 1399
By Tim Venning. Richard II and Isabel of France, 1396. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. 15 August 1399: OTL, Richard II was deposed,...
Mar 20, 202410 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island: Jack Tindale
Marooned Guest: Jack Tindale. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Our castaway today is Jack Tindale, who needs no introduction to the...
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