A RIVER RUNS PUTRID: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

The city of London sought in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that scorched the metropolis. An even more detestable force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial waste had transformed London's lifeblood into a stench. The stench was overwhelming, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone and saturated th

In the depths trenches of World War I, a remarkable story unfolded during the Christmas season of 1914. Amidst the violence and despair, an unprecedented break emerged between warring factions. As the bells of Christmas chimed throughout Europe, soldiers on both sides crossed out of their trenches. A scene of unexpected solidarity unfolded in No Ma