The Giant of Castelnau
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2022
Legends of giants permeate folklore of cultures around the world. The ancient Greeks had Gigantes who were born of Gaia (Earth) when blood f...
Ellen Sadler: The Sleeping Girl of Turville
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2022
The small village of Turville in Buckinghamshire, about 7 miles north of Henley-on-Thames and 35 miles west of London, is a favorite destina...
The Longest Sightlines on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2022
Last year around April, residents in the state of Punjab in northern India were astonished to see the Himalayas from the rooftop of their h...
William Huskisson, Railway's First Victim
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2022
William Huskisson was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament. A leading advocate of free trade, Huskisson had been a highl...
Eustace The Monk Who Became a Pirate And Inspired The Figure of Robin Hood
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 5, 2022
Every good comic book fan will have read some of the adventures of Corto Maltés and if so, will remember that one of the characters that the...
Frank Hayes: The Only Dead Man in History to Win a Race
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 4, 2022
Many sports pushes the human body to the limit, and this exertion can prove fatal for some. Frank Hayes was one such casualty, and while the...
21 Grams: The Weight of The Soul
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2022
What is a soul? Can it be touched? Does it have mass? These questions tormented Duncan MacDougall, a physician from Haverhill, Massachusetts...
The London Beer Flood of 1814
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 23, 2021
At the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, in the London Borough of Camden, where now stands the Dominion Theatre, there stood...
Belyana: Russia’s Giant Wooden Boats
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 22, 2021
The Belyana were some of the largest wooden ships ever built. Yet, they were only meant for a single journey. They were built to transport...
Wellington’s Private Cable Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 21, 2021
The iconic Wellington Cable Car between Lambton Quay and Kelburn is one of Wellington’s most beloved landmarks, but it is not the only funic...
