Imaginary Worlds: The Father of Sword and Soul
Charles R. Saunders loved Tarzan as a kid, but he was also repulsed by the racism in those books since Charles was Black. So, he created a counter narrative about…
Backyard Rain Garden
Everyday Engineering
I Caught a Lighting Bug
Cater Vail
Why We Only Have Ten Toes
Today, all mammals from humans to bats have five fingers or fewer. Yes, even whales, whose finger bones are hidden in their fins. Birds have four or fewer and amphibians…
What Medieval Fast Food Restaurants Were Like
Apple, Fig, and Raisin Rissoles
The Unexpected Décor Inside This 1,000-Year-Old Norman Castle
When Frieda Gormley, co-founder of House of Hackney, and her husband Javvy took on the lease of Trematon Castle, they swapped a tiny Hackney garden for nine acres of Norman…
Quick Change
Quick Change is a 1990 American crime comedy film directed by Howard Franklin and Bill Murray (in their feature directorial debuts) and written by Franklin. Based on the novel of…
Niagara (1953 film)
Niagara is a 1953 American noir thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Charles Brackett. Unlike other films noir of the time, which were typically black-and-white, Niagara was…
Dracula’s Paprika Hendl from Bram Stoker’s 1897 Novel
Tasting History with Max Miller