Easter: Christ’s original spring break…or not?
For many, Easter starts and ends with Jesus, but throughout history, there are strangely similar holidays that predate it.
The real gladiators were well funded, well fed egotists
The modern-day take on the Gladiator places him as a slave fighting alongside brothers to escape. The reality is entirely different. They were well funded, popular and rather egocentric.
Dylan Thomas: The superior poet forever remembered as a drunk
Sometimes, the mud sticks. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas will be forever known as a man who expired with a bottle in hand, but his final act belies his genius.
Beheadings, mash notes and enforced singledom: The disputed history of St Valentine and his day
Before we all get drunk on woo, it’s best we honour St Valentine. Problem is, according to history, there are three claimants.
In 1993, this “terrorist” organisation took down Barbie
The Barbie Liberation Organisation was motivated by a singular pursuit: freeing Barbie, GI Joe and their owners from manufactured gender stereotyping.
