Welcome one, welcome all, here we are once more journeying through Francis Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Originally penned in 1811 to show the upper classes how the lower classes addressed each...
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Welcome to the I’s and J’s from Francis Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. A dictionary written in 1811 to describe the way poor people spoke. It’s as relevant today as it was...
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I wrote a post recently about Saparmurat Niyazov, one of the craziest despots in living memory. His reign over Turkmenistan was cut short by an eagerly awaited heart attack in 2006. His successor Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow spent some...
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A Brazilian Ph.D. student called Bruno Coutinho from Petropolis decided to fire a 12-inch fishing harpoon into his eye. I say ‘decided,’ but I’m pretty sure it must have been an accident. He...
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I recently published a post showcasing some of the most glorious flags of the world. This time, I’m focusing on regional flags from Japan. Japan has individual flags for each of it’s prefectures,...
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First days at a new job are pretty terrifying, that’s a given, there’s no way around it. Some things in life are just scary. So, you have to give newbies a bit of...
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BBC News published a collection by 19th Century photographer Raja Deen Dyal (first picture below). In Punjabi, his name is: ਲਾਲਾ ਦੀਨ ਦਯਾਲ. His career began in the 1870’s as a court photographer....
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I’ve not been to Turkmenistan and I’ve never met anyone who has been there, but it sounds pretty bonkers. It’s the richest nation in Central Asia despite being about 80% desert, thanks to...
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(Original image courtesy of Danilka’s Blog) Below is an exquisite collection of world flags. From Bahrain to Burundi, we examine some of the finest flags that planet Earth has to offer. What’s your favourite...
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I’m no royalist. I find it difficult to really care about a family that’s famous and rich because of the womb they fell out of. I don’t hate them either, though. How can...
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