31 March 2023 law • monarchy • disney • florida • english-law • property-dispute • usa • uk • legal-battle • queen-victoria Royal lives clause Why monarchs’ kids get named in wills. Read on…
31 March 2023 politics • usa • language Acronym Bills Why the US Congress introduces such strangely named laws. Read on…
26 March 2023 religion • islam • liverpool • victorian-era • lawyers William Quilliam A convert to Islam and founder of Britain’s first mosque. Read on…
24 March 2023 mexico • religion • astronomy • equinox • chichen-itza • maya • mesoamerica The descent of the snake An astronomical illusion at the Chichén Itzá. Read on…
19 March 2023 language • latin • stubbornness • religion • henry-viii • erasmus • neologisms Mumpsimus A useful nonsense-word of 16th-century origin. Read on…
1 March 2023 art • sculpture • italy • forgery • renaissance • jazz-age Alceo Dossena A sculptor and prolific forger. Read on…