November 2013 – Fairy Hanny

Ancient Onanists – of course.

So were the Ancient Chinese soldiers really Onanists? And it looks like a couple have pulled the head off!

I found this story recently, about British Scientists. When a clam was dredged up from the bottom of the sea of Iceland, a team of scientists eagerly cracked it open – killing the oldest animal in the world. The mollusc was 507 years old – when it was born, Michelangelo was just about to startContinue reading “Bearded Clams”

Spooky life

When I was a kid I used to visit the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. This was one of my favourite paintings. I used to stand in front of this magical picture for ages, trying to imagine what it must have been like in Pompeii as the City disappeared. The painting is called ‘Faithful UntoContinue reading “Spooky life”