Five bizarre historic leisure activities to try with friends – from gurning to stereoscopy
From pulling faces to reading the bumps on your head, these historic leisure activities could be handy for a rainy summer day.
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From pulling faces to reading the bumps on your head, these historic leisure activities could be handy for a rainy summer day.
The author, born Mary Ann Evans, didn’t treat marriage lightly—but as a subject for rigorous philosophical and artistic inquiry
Today we have the pleasure of welcoming James C. Ungureanu (PhD, University of Queensland) as a guest contributor to the Anxious Bench. He is an
It’s welcome to notice a growing and familiar buzz in the new season’s sailing scene
Phrenology, the belief that you could determine personality from the shape of someone's skull, was so popular in the Victorian era that phrenology parlors sprung up all over Europe and America.