During the 1600s, it was thought that the touch of the British monarch had curative properties. It is said that Charles II touched a hundred...

A man who called himself Marcel Clement, the Marquis of Champaubert (real name: Clement Passal) had been trying to sell his memoirs of his l...

I haven’t been writing any comic strips for a while, but instead of leaving this blog lying unused, I thought I’d just type up any curious b...

... and his guide to Physiognomy! Quick update: I'm still writing things, but I'm not really working on any comic st...