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During the Terror of 1793–94, some 17,000 were sent to the guillotine. We mostly just send out a newsletter.

Vol. IIIIssue 11Spring 2026Est. MMXXIV

Marie Antoinette — Bourbon, guillotined

Danton — Cordelier Club

The Terror — Paris 1793, full ensemble

Ed. note —
Issue 11: ✓ to press

Tribunal Sits;
The Republic Reads On

Citizens gather for the latest dispatch from the editorial desk — and a curiosity or two from the archive.

Reports arrive nightly from the Section presses. The editors maintain that virtue, like good prose, requires patience — and that no footnote was ever lost to the blade…

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Craft Kits · Making Of

Making Cleopatra: brass, beads and Ptolemaic bling

Our Cleopatra craft kit took eleven prototypes to get right. Here is how we worked with a jeweller and an Egyptologist to recreate four pieces of Ptolemaic-inspired jewellery — and why the zine that ships with it nearly doubled in size.

Leart Ramadani 10 June 2026 1 min read

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Craft Kits · Making Of Making Cleopatra: brass, beads and Ptolemaic bling Our Cleopatra craft kit took eleven prototypes to get right. Here is how we worked with a jeweller and an Egyptologist to recreate four pieces of P... Leart Ramadani · 10 Jun 2026 1 min

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Making Cleopatra: brass, beads and Ptolemaic bling

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