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Oct 8, 20232 min read
The giant Florida penguin
Our first Florida story
Mar 12, 20232 min read
The phantom of the Bundestag
A story about the oldest and most elusive MP in Germany
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Caption this
Sweden's broadcaster SVT2 and Netflix vie for a spot in the caption competition hall of fame
Jan 19, 20233 min read
The Cotswold Olimpicks
Where the Spirit of Competition met the Spirit of Ale
Dec 2, 20223 min read
The 1930 World Cup
When the European teams gave the Brazilian squad a lift on their steam ship
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Lakes
Recursive lakes and other lake-related oddities
Oct 25, 20222 min read
British Prime Ministers
2022 - the summer of three British Prime Ministers
Sep 11, 20222 min read
Life in the margins
Nightmarish rabbits and knights on chicken - medieval marginalia is wonderful and bizarre
Aug 27, 20222 min read
Selling art
The pitfalls of selling art in the high-stakes auctions for world-famous art
Aug 20, 20222 min read
The Quedlinburg unicorn
A fossil reconstruction reminding us that the path to Enlightenment was not always straight
Aug 13, 20222 min read
Goodbye Salazar
How to avoid telling an ageing dictator that he is no longer in power
Jul 25, 20222 min read
In Cod we trust
For 300 years, the Sacred Cod has watched over the Massachusetts State House
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Sir Nils Olav III
A penguin finds himself as commanding officer of the Norwegian Royal Guards
Jul 3, 20222 min read
Unsinkable Sam
The cat that survived the sinking of three warships and retired in the British public service
Jun 20, 20222 min read
Mr. Biscuit Barrel rolls into Bermondsey*
How the Raving Loony Society and Screaming Lord Sutch kickstarted the proliferation of joke political candidates in the UK
Jun 13, 20222 min read
The Cambridge University Raving Loony Society
The exploits of the Cambridge University Raving Loony Society
Jun 5, 20222 min read
The time travelers' party
Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travelers and nobody came
May 30, 20222 min read
Who needs a government anyway?
Belgium is setting records for time spent without a central government - and nobody minds
May 23, 20222 min read
Most boring day in history
Going back to the good old times - Sunday, April 11th 1954
Dec 13, 20212 min read
Atomic gifts
The 1950s - a time when Uranium was considered a character-building gift for children
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