David Baldwin of the University of Leicester has written a book that claims that the Princes in the Tower were not strangled by Richard the Third. The news story on this is short of details but apparently the theory hinges on Henry the Seventh visiting Colchester. I would like to offer up two counter theory, [...]
I had my first major encounter with one of this year’s summer of fear candidates today but I am sure my regular readers will be thrilled to know I fought back with a savage puff of breath and drove the monster off my arm. In other Summer of Fear news we are totally doomed. Our [...]
OK, we are headed right into the heart of the Summer of Fear news cycle and I think we have a clear leader emerging, the plague carrying ninja squirrel! Can humanity face down this savage unrelenting threat? Key points: slashing, biting assault bitten hard enough to draw blood school went into a lockdown even if [...]
This is a band that has been recommended to me by everyone and is making all sorts of hip new music lists. In spite of that I really like The Battles new single, Atlas. This is unlikely to get any radio play and most of you will probably hate it, but I really like this [...]
Conwy Castle From the South West Originally uploaded by Tancread. This is Conwy Castle in Wales, one of the castles built by Edward the First after his conquest of Wales. The castle is in great shape and town walls around Conwy are remarkable. The castle cost £15,000 to build in the 13th Century, worth about [...]
J.L. Bell at Boston 1775 has a good post for all you tea fanciers out there dealing with a question that I as a soda drinker would have never considered, what sort of tea was it that they dumped into Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?