This video makes even my mundane job look like a blissful walk across white sands with a pint of Guinness in each hand. This is just a short clip of factory life in China. Dark...
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Mr Wen Shu, 58, lives in Jilin City, in northwestern China in an apartment block. He’s lived there for 35 years. He was asked to move out by developers who wanted to build a...
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These photographs feature what was once a tourist town in Buenos Aires, Argentina called Villa Epecuen. The town was established in the 1920s on the banks of a salt lake, and housed around 5,000...
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I watched one of those overly dramatic “weird weather” type programs recently, and they mentioned volcanoes producing smoke rings. Initially, I was skeptical because it sounded too brilliant to be part of the...
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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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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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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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Here’s installment number six in my labour of love: the slow and steady trawl through the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by the prolific Captain Grose. Grose was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer and authored more than 15...
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