The weekend's nearly here! Take a relaxing stroll.
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| Hull Daily Mail, November 13, 1929, via British Newspaper Archive |
Bring the cats with you, of course.
And it's on to the links:
Watch out for those Igorot Death Chairs!
Watch out for Jill the Ripper!
Watch out for that handsome Harley Street Hoaxer!
Watch out for those metal cat claws!
Really, but really, watch out for Palmyra Atoll!...
...And Crater Lake!
Florida is really sinking!...
...So is Siberia!
The strange tale of the Girl in Blue.
Ham sandwich, anyone?
Swan Upping on the Thames.
A handy guide to becoming an early modern witch.
Jonathan Wild, legendary thief-taker turned organized crime boss.
That strange sound you're hearing right now is Giorgio Tsoukalos whooping with joy.
19th century gentleman looking for a wife falls prey to a practical joke. I guess you had to have been there.
Taking back the swastika.
"A woman poisoned by a singular method." Indeed.
Evatima Tardo, a very unfeeling woman.
Can you solve Samuel Wilberforce's riddle?
Plinlimmon, the "noble" St. Bernard who was once the toast of New York.
Shades of Elizabeth Canning: An 1802 case involving gypsies and an alleged kidnapping.
The kind of thing that really upsets astronomers.
Let's dance! Oh, well, maybe not.
Searching for Mona Lisa.
A tribute to the fat, funny, and clever Queen Caroline.
"Can an Englishman ever become truly Indian?"
Down the Valley of the Shadow: Another ill-fated search for Eldorado.
Georgian ladies were really electric! Just not in a good way.
Throwing the baby in with the bathwater.
Given the times we're living in, it won't surprise you to learn that the Devil is making a big comeback.
How to get a personal interview with a president. Just catch him skinny-dipping.
"Maccarony cheese." A historical recipe that sounds pretty darn good.
While we're on the topic of food: All hail the power of the potato chip!
The earth's magnetic field is being exiled to Siberia.
All you never thought you needed to know about bone magic.
The curious case of the Somers "mutiny."
Having an affair with an eunuch can bring dreadful difficulties. Uh, aside from the most obvious one.
And, finally, our Song of the Week: A bit of Harry Nilsson. And, of course, puppies:
And I'm outta here for this week. See you on Monday, with the story of the mystery of Thailand's vanished Silk King.
That Palmyra Atoll does sound creepy. There is always something very disturbing of being isolated - for example, on an otherwise deserted island - with people who may turn on you. It's a "Blair Witch" type, in which one is lost and can't get away from one's doom.
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