Dante's Inferno, Canto II
It was dark, air getting darker and so on. You know how nightfall comes on. Dark, and the usual accoutrements that come with the dark.
"Good Olive Oil" Voice
I assure you that the place I stole my mint from will not miss it.
"I thought I knew everything": A Freelance History with Jo Livingstone
An interview with Jo Livingstone about how their career brought them to this point.
Low-Key Anglo-Saxon Runic Ring Slogans
"I am ring."
Life Cast of a Lizard
She's tiny and she's bronze!
Sometimes Brands Send Emails Apologizing For Mother's Day Now And That's Worse Than Before: We Need To Return To A Culture Of Small Talk
I take it as a matter of course now that whenever I purchase anything I have also committed myself to receiving friendly emails from the purveyor from now on, even if I haven&
Perfect Day '97
1997 was a banner year for the novelty charity musical act.
Paintings of Oedipus and the Sphinx, Ranked by Sexual Tension
There's always something at least a little arbitrary or haphazard about mythological hybrids – what is a catoblepas doing (a buffalo with the head of a pig) that either a buffalo or
Link Roundup
We had hopes of a Friday open thread, but Joe and Daniel are still puzzling away over the broken comments system. Someday, perhaps! In the meantime, why not click around a while?
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Letters From Sisygambis, Mother of Darius, to Alexander the Great
Sisygambis was the mother of Darius III of Persia, whose reign was ended during the wars of Alexander the Great. After she was captured by Alexander at the Battle of Issus, she became