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Advice from Ancient Rome
Marcus Aurelius kept a private diary. For roughly 700 years after his reign, no one in history mentions its existence until 906 AD when a book-collecting bishop finds a copy and begins a letter-writing campaign: "I have an old copy of the Emperor Marcus' most profitable book, so old indeed that it is altogether falling to pieces.… This I have had copied and am able to hand down to posterity in its new dress."
By Anastasia Basil3 years ago in Humans
Mother Shipton
If you go to North Yorkshire and walk along the River Nidd, you will find one of the most mysterious places within Britain. Or so it was when a nearby cave became the birthplace of Ursula Southeil, the girl who would eventually become known as Mother Shipton. The nearby waterfall and the pool beneath it have the ability to turn items left in the water to stone. Naturally, this has been explained by science in the centuries since, but in 1488, the Petrifying Well was a place of magic.
By Claire Stephen-Walker3 years ago in Humans
When the Street Lights Come On
Does it seem as though the world has changed and is not as safe as it used to be? I know I ask myself this question on a regular basis. I remember my youth and the freedom we had to be kids. Kids who would play outside for hours and much of the time our parents did not know where we were. Yes, there were some guidelines. I had to check in and tell my parents whose yard we were planning on playing. After that, well, it was a bit of free rein life.
By Lyn Porter3 years ago in Humans
