Chimneys are strange objects. Most people believe they know how chimneys work, until they try to use one.
Category: Historical
Are you networked? Are you relevant? Your adversaries are.
A shadow society, ignored or denied. Mutual support networks among the disempowered. Role models and fans. Petting and kisses. Half of women.
There’s a new look trending, but it’s looking a lot like the old one. Where fashion and finance blurr
Roman historian Tacitus explains the policy of his father-in-law, Agricola, in bringing the comforts of Roman civilization to the barbarous British.
Intense and passionate friendships among women in the 19th century were considered normal and healthy. This was, of course, before the spectre of homosexuality ruined everything.
This 1898 article is meant to make smashing sound unattractive.
Socrates was accused of not worshiping the right gods and of corrupting Athenian youth by teaching them logical thinking. Regardless of era, the problems of being out of one’s own time are the same.
Newspaper article from the New Zealand Herald regarding the murder of Polly Mayos. OCR scanned and corrected.
Articles from the Timaru Herald regarding the murder of Polly Mayos. OCR scanned and corrected.