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DISAPPEARED: THE MOST TERRIBLE SECRET IN THE WORLD
What would you do if you discovered that your mother and father were not your real parents after all … that the two people who raised you knew the truth and hid it from you … that you were one … Continue reading
THE BC PC - THE COMPUTER BUILT BEFORE CHRIST
Long before tablets and notebooks and even laptops there were analog computers. Alan Turing was credited with being the inventor of the first computer, when he set out to design a machine that would crack the German’s Enigma cypher machine. … Continue reading
5 CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT WERE TRUE!
There are heaps of conspiracy theories out there. The moon landing didn’t happen; MI5 killed Princess Diana; Elvis is still alive and Shakespeare didn’t write Shakespeare. Take your pick. But just because some conspiracy theories seem bizarre, if doesn’t mean … Continue reading
HISTORY’S GREATEST MYSTERIES
I’m always intrigued by life’s mysteries; like, what’s another word for thesaurus and why can’t you shorten “abbreviation”? And tell me this - why is bra singular and panties plural? Here are some of History’s more weighty mysteries. I love … Continue reading
WHEN CASABLANCA WAS IN TURKEY
Istanbul. It was Byzantium to the Romans, Constantinople to Justinian when he built his masterpiece, the Sancta Sophia. Later, Ottoman conquerors built the great mosques that still soar above the Golden Horn. The Tower of Justice rises from the cypress … Continue reading
WOULD YOU LIKE 3½ BILLION PEOPLE TO KNOW YOUR LEAD CHARACTER?
“My name is Bond …” If you then blurted out: “James Bond!” then you are one of the three and a half billion people on this planet who are familiar with Ian Fleming’s famous literary creation. Would you like three … Continue reading
5 THINGS EVERY WRITER CAN LEARN FROM A DEAD GENIUS
You may never have heard of Antoni Gaudi. But if you live in Barcelona you can’t NOT hear about him. The two are inseparable. I can see his masterwork, La Sagrada Familia, from my roof terrace, surrounded by cranes. They … Continue reading
MORE SECRETS OF THE STIGMATA
In the Sound of Music the nuns sang ‘How do you solve a problem like Maria?’ It’s more likely the more pressing problem in the Alps around that time was: ‘How do you solve a problem like Therese?’ … Continue reading
HISTORY’S MYSTERIES: THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS GHOST SHIP
On 4 December 1872, an American brigantine called The Mary Celeste was found drifting unmanned in the Atlantic ocean and what happened to her has become one of history’s greatest maritime mysteries. What happened to her? The master and entire … Continue reading
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THE WYRD
You can call me weird. I really don’t mind. In fact if you said I was in the way of the Wyrd, about two thousand years ago, it would have been a huge compliment. It would mean I was - … Continue reading
