According to Oxford Dictionaries Online, Racism is: “Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.”…
The architecture throughout history
Architecture exists since the first time someone had the idea of planning, designing and constructing a building of any type anywhere. Just think about it, when was the…
Spine problems?
Human beings have suffered spine problems throughout the ages. Fossilized evidence of bone straightening exists and the ancient Greeks perfected this art. Therefore, spine surgery is not new,…
Cosmetic Surgery and its Place in Modern Society
People have been concerned about their appearance from the beginning of recorded history. It might sound surprising, but cosmetic surgery has been around for centuries. The tools and…
History of La Alhambra in Granada
In this article we will try and explain the history of The Alhambra of Granada, one of the most interesting places to visit in Spain. And on the…
William Turner (Painter)
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was an English painter who stood out thanks to his extraordinary watercolour landscapes and oil paintings. The particular confusion between brilliance and madness…
Henry M. Stanley, explorer and journalist
Henry M. Stanley, explorer and journalist One is not too sure that modern schoolchildren are taught about persons like Henry Stanley, or for that matter Dr. Livingstone, with…
Further thoughts on the SS
The Schützstaffel was a more or less elite special force created by the National Socialist Party in 1925 for the ‘special protection’ of Adolf Hitler. The name means…
Another message from Jeremy Taylor
You can read a book (at the risk of your eyesight) off your computer screen, or you can have it read to you by some famous actor; you…
A bracing brace of Bentincks
Hans Willem, Baron Bentinck was born in the middle of the seventeenth century. An aristocrat by birth, he served as a page to the Stadholder (q.v.) William. Surviving…