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 nauseating odor. The stench was overwhelming, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone and inf

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