Recently I had a small but satisfying episode in which I discovered the location of an old film clip from Japan that I’d been trying to tra...

A sort-of-sequel to my post about the signals from Mars . It’s not often that something happens on an internet forum that is worth remarki...

The idea of a lawyer who starts arguing against his own case may sound like a character from a bad sitcom, but it occurred at least once in ...

Although I’m not late, I am usually one of the last to arrive for life drawing, so I’m obliged to take a space at the side. This is fine by ...

A short-lived but entertaining rumour occurred in October 1736. In the Ipswich Journal for October 15-22, they stated that the “News-letters...