Beatrix Potter: from scientific studies to beloved children’s books
No children’s books has captured hearts quite like of these of Beatrix Potter, the beloved author inspired by flora and fauna found in the pictoresqua English countryside. She wrote and […]
This photo of 1925 testifies the First Selfie-Stick of History?
Is the “selfie stick” really a modern gadget? This photograph, published by the English freelance journalist Alan Cleaver, dates back to 1925 and shows his grandparents who are taking a […]
The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle
We are adjacent to St Nicholas’s Churchyard in Newcastle Upon Tyne where, for over a hundred years, the Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle has perched above the ornate rear door of […]
Ilkey Moor between a strange song, bronze age carving and alien sighting!
We are in England, and If you want go to visit Ilkey Moor, be sure to wear a hat. At least, that’s what an unofficial Yorkshire’s anthem will advise! This […]
William Hope: the most famous medium in London and his photographies.
During the period of World War I in England, William Hope was a well known and popular character: he was not only a spiritual medium, able to contact the dead, […]
Will Scarlet’s Grave In Blidworth.
We are in the shade of the yew trees rooted in the graveyard of a medieval church, where there is an enigmatic, unmarked stone monument. According to the legend Will […]
The Roman lighthouse at the medieval castle of Dover is the oldest building in England.
Dover Castle in Kent is known as the “key to England” for its defensive importance in the last 2 millennia of history. The medieval fortress dates back to the eleventh […]
Bethlem Bedlam: the London Horror Hospital
If thanks to a time machine you could visit the 15th century Royal Bethlem Hospital, you might think of seeing a horror movie scene. The notorious institution, which was the […]
Chester, England. The Minerva’s Shrine.
It may seems a hobbit house, but this old, weathered rock was the site of ancient Roman worship. Here quarrymen came to honor Minerva, the Roman equivalent of the Greek […]
How the cat Simon earned a military medal.
For centuries, a close relationship of mutual esteem and affection has linked a category of rough men and accustomed to every danger, the sailors, to a small pet that today […]
The Nuba Survival
In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the situation of the Nuba peoples of Sudan. This disturbing sculpture is made all the more powerful […]
Is Glastonbury Tor really the legendary island of Avalon, where King Arthur was buried?
Glastonbury Tor is a conical hill located in the English town of the Somerset county of the same name. It is surmounted by an open-air tower of the fourteenth century […]
