If you’ve ever had roommates, chances are that you’ve encountered this problem before: You come home from a long day at work/school, starving, and looking forward those delicious leftovers you have waiting in the fridge. But when you get back––your eyes all-aglow with refrigerator light––the leftovers are gone. Not justRead More →

Cynics are frequently bemoaning the number of holidays we already have. “Bad for national production”, they say, it’s just an excuse for giving everyone the day off. No working man, though, is ever likely to complain about an extra public holiday. Right? Who, then, is worthy of a day namedRead More →

medieval health

It might seem a trifle uncouth to make fun of the dark ages for being relatively unenlightened about medieval health practices. After all, it’s kind of in the name. “Dark. Dark, no light,” as Arthur Dent might observe. Still, when presented with a potion of boar’s gall, or a poulticeRead More →