Trapped in the Mundane

I was knackered coming home today. I was sitting on the tube with my head bowed, staring vacantly at my feet. For a few stops nothing much h...

  I came across this picture earlier today while doing some research for work. The original caption read, simply "Private Roy W. Hu...

Really lovely little song this. A James-Taylor-like ode to childhood and the lasting impact our parents have on who we are. It's perha...

This morning I sat down on the train opposite a young man who was probably no more than 21. His clothes were fashionable, in a hipster-y sor...

I recently finished reading The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. As with most of his books, you go into it expecting a daring tale and action ...

Here's an interesting little story from the Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce, Esq. (London, 1782). Bruce was a Scottish-born military engin...

Another tale from Januarius MacGahan's Campaigning on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva. One day I mounted my horse and rode to Hazar-As...