Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

…members of the Army and Navy Club, and I have discussed with them European politics, and particularly the internal troubles of our country. Every time that the word ‘Emperor’ turned…

…came to learn of this Portuguese discovery. In any case, he clearly rejected the conjoined continent theory in his map: but he seems to have retained the arm of Asia…

…trouble or expense in the discovery of the persons who had consumed his writings. Of course neither book nor miscreants appeared: or did they? Drbeachcombing At yahoo DOT com 17…

…things do sometimes turn up near Colchester, a kind of British Bermuda Triangle. One day Beachcombing hopes to describe the schoolboy fishing trip that ended with the discovery of Claudius’…

…up what is, in any case, an exciting enough discovery: ‘[T]here is no direct evidence of contact between the Vikings and Native Americans – i.e. that they actually met. Our…

…where I was delighted by the way the 20th century spiritualists saw the discovery of speech radio as proof that it was quite plausible that you could hear the voices…

…what is written about them is complete cobblers (and that is the real story). Enter John Goodman Household. JGH is a recent South African discovery of Beach’s thanks to Neville…

…considerations follow this link: thanks to Ricardo for the tip! Other examples of e-opportunism in publishing? This is a voyage of discovery for Beachcombing and he would be glad to…

…inches of solid chalk rock. ‘When taken up it was warm, and smoked’. It is thanks to Topham that the discovery was taken so seriously for though he put the…

…trained to break Japanese codes transmitted in Katakana during the war. Karen’s discovery, her father’s memories, and the lingering trauma of his war-time experiences, are the basis for her new…

…when the discovery became known. The butchers will probably be made an example of. Dun Eve Tel, 11 May 1895, 3. Here is a slightly earlier account with the same…

…be unbalanced. We now turn though to the local popular superstition, one that has often been noted on this blog before: corpse bread fishing. After the discovery of this letter…

…It seems that the few astronomers who reported those features apparently had some visual sensitivity in the ultraviolet. The Mariner 10 discovery solved one mystery, but raised another. To this…

…Mrs B has a pressing deadline – more help needed – with a project she has worked up about what good Europeans (ha!) the young will be. Beach has to…

…enjoyed the author’s discovery, while giving a British patient chiropractic treatment in Kent, that there was an ancient airfield immediately through the bay windows: apparently the name Herne corresponds to…