The Master of the Game is the oldest English language book on hunting written by Edward of Norwich, the 2nd … More

Thomas Eliot’s paternal grandfather was not a native of Missouri. He moved there to establish a church, to spread the … More

At the time of its publication in 1915, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was outlandish, a shocking drama … More

Halloween is widely believed to have originated from Celtic harvest festivals, many of which had pagan roots. Others think it’s … More

On the morning of November 16th, 1957, Bernice Worden disappeared. Bernice ran the hardware shop in Plainfield, an unremarkable town … More

Earnest Albert Hooton spent his entire teaching career at Harvard University. A former student wrote that his lectures “were compounded … More

If you haven’t heard of Miguel de Cervantes, you need to get yourself down to the library. If you have … More

Historia regum Britanniae is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written in the dusty light of 1136 by the great … More

The film American Graffiti was set in California in the early sixties, and has been described by various critics as … More

For hundreds of years across many cultures, garlic bulbs have been used to not only see off rabbits and moles … More