THE THAMES RAN FOUL: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

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

In the harrowing trenches of World War I, a remarkable story unfolded during the Christmas season of 1914. Amidst the bloodshed and horror, an unprecedented break emerged between warring factions. As the bells of Christmas chimed throughout Europe, soldiers on both sides ventured out of their trenches. An scene of unprecedented brotherhood unfolded