Welcome to this week's Link Dump, where it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
A deadly box of chocolates.
A brief history of Devil's Island.
What may be the oldest story on Earth.
A bit of current events weirdness: a mysterious man who keeps showing up at car crashes.
A meeting with Napoleon on St. Helena.
Christmas and an ancient Roman god.
The famed Lincolnshire Ox.
Americans are using a lot of British words.
Rome sure got sacked a lot back in the day.
Tiny photo jewelry from the 19th century. Quite adorable.
In Sweden, it's illegal to have sex with fairies. Wait, what?
How to be chic in Early Modern England.
Miss Marshall, mysterious bookbinder.
Dickens looks at Christmas in country places.
So, who doesn't want to spend Christmas in a morgue?
The confusion over the day Pompeii was destroyed.
A silver amulet that helps tell the history of Christianity in Europe.
A remembrance of Charles Fort.
The collapse of the Hyatt Regency skywalk.
A visit to the Holy Rude Kirkyard.
Disabled people in ancient Egypt.
A Christmas murder mystery.
Christmas at a stately home.
A disappearance in the Great Smoky Mountains.
That's it for this week! See you on Monday, when we'll look at a mysterious Christmas Eve tragedy. In the meantime, here's Emmylou. My taste in Christmas music tends to be traditional--hymns, Handel's "Messiah" and the like--but I delight in playing this song every Yuletide. In fact, if you have a liking for country-folk, the whole album is terrific, but this one is my favorite.
It's interesting that France still owns French Guiana - and more interesting that a rocket launched from there is almost 25 per cent more efficient than one launched from Florida. No author seems more Christmasy than Dickens, but he knew about the hard work involved in it, too. British words: use 'em all the time, don't I? And while the Yuletide in a stately home would be nice, I prefer the holiday in a bit more of a cosy setting. Oh, and that stuffed lion in fetters is part of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" theme at Chatsworth, just in case anyone is wondering...
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