Why has this bizarre tale never been filmed? Continue reading
Category Archives: Odds & Ends
Mosquito lore
Why are mosquitoes religious? Continue reading
Forgotten lives: Ann Ford defies her father and survives Robespierre
In 18th century Britain, glasses tuned by varying the quantity of water they contained were all the rage on the musical scene. Continue reading
Apple pies are an endangered species
Apples have always been part of human history. Continue reading
And pigs might fly!
On average Mars is some 225 million kilometres from Earth. Currently it would take six to nine months to get there. Continue reading
Svalbard: The Pearl of the Arctic
Svalbard is the setting for part of Philip Pullman’s trilogy His Dark Materials, where it is the ancestral home of the armoured bears. Continue reading
The road not taken
How much do we really know about our friends? There are always surprises. Continue reading
