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| "The Witches' Cove," Follower of Jan Mandijn |
This week's Link Dump is hosted by the lovely and talented Jenny Wren!
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| "Illustrated London News," November 1, 1996 |
A famously corrupt East End politician.
Meet Hester the Mummified Ground Squirrel.
Scientists are occupying their time by making zombie bird drones.
The rules of sexuality in ancient Greece.
Mark Twain's very short, very goofy period as a Confederate soldier.
Eyewitness accounts of the San Francisco earthquake.
Deep and rich mourning clothes.
A look at "raree shows."
What female pirates wore.
Queen Victoria's hairdresser.
The archaeology museum where you are greeted by a skeleton.
The ancient rock carving that became a meme.
America's last execution by hanging.
When Irish Catholics took fasting very seriously.
Why Samuel Terry wound up being grateful for being transported to Australia.
MPs and Queen Victoria's coronation.
A brief history of lemonade.
20,000 year old glue.
The children's games of Tudor England.
The origins of "go-to."
Why coins are left on gravestones.
Two one-armed men meet on a train. Hilarity ensues.
The day-to-day lives of Regency gentlewomen.
Medieval doctors were really interested in urine.
Some things you probably don't know about John Quincy Adams.
The 19th century race to the "promised land."
Bad behavior in the 19th century Bombay Army.
People are hearing weird sounds in the sky.
Art sleuths reunite a family.
The loss of HMS Alceste.
A reminder that the Titanic was also a mail ship.
Preparing for the coronation of Richard II.
The story behind a famous--and racy--album cover.
Why an American spy surrendered to the Nazis.
A trunk full of trouble.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a Southern matron's mystifying murder. In the meantime, here's Glenn Miller!
Mr Merceron was a real credit to politics. He'd do well these days. And it's interesting that the proceedings of the court martial in the case of the 15th Bombay Native Infantry show that bad behaviour, once known, wasn't much tolerated. Though, strangely, the way the blogger phrases his final paragraphs seems to indicate that he thinks the five junior officers disgraced had their downfall 'brought about' by others. They appeared to be good at manufacturing their own disasters.
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