Sonny's Castle Dangerous

I blanched when I read this quote from journalist David Roberts, which appeared in  Bill  McKibben's  Power to the People: Why the Rise ...

Life became more difficult recently when a phrase from an old British TV advertisement popped into my mind, interrupting my train of thought...

Archaeologists recently found about 300 Roman coins buried on the grounds of a school in Reading, England. These intrepid explorers c ame up...

This hoard was concealed in a secret compartment in a chest of drawers. How long had the treasure been hidden there? That's anyone's...

The Londonist reports that the long-abandoned Down Street Underground station may reopen, if it can be converted to some new public use. Bu...

Alas. Another giant of the film industry has passed on. Claire Gordon, Actress - Obituary  Starred in Sex Comedies in the 1960s Dail...

Repairing a toilet in this old building in Lecce, Italy, Luciano Faggiano discovered a false floor. Beneath it were underground corridors, a...

Like most normal males, I don't read beauty tips, no matter who they come from. But in this case, I am happy to make an exception.  Li...

Columbia Records Inc. Set C-129.  Copyright 1947. 4 discs. 78 RPM This record by pianist Frankie Carle was forever around our house thr...

Amateur divers recently found nearly 2,000 coins from the 11 th century in this ancient harbor in Israel: Link: Israel's largest...

Ah, Bristol. You keep popping up in my life, when I least expect it. Her fiance must be a good man. He won the Medal of Honor. But now he ...

This politicaly incorrect Funny Face Drink Mix commercial from the early 1960s includes two shockingly unkind racial stereotypes. At the ve...

466 pp., Penguin Books, 2008 ISBN 978-0-14-311562-5 (pbk) Here's another smasher from Tana French. I’m ready to declare this one ...

A prospector discovered this 70-ounce gold nugget in Butte County, California in October. It's amazing that something so large went unde...

I read 37 books in 2014. That’s hardly surprising, since I was either unemployed or retired, depending on how you view it, for eight of tho...

Construction workers found about $60,000 in small bills hidden inside a wall while remodeling an old house. The house, built in 1910, is typ...

In her review of Stephen King's latest novel, Revival (Scribner, 405 pp), Danielle Trussoni notes that the book "...is filled wit...

Treasure hunters in England have unearthed a hoard of over 5,000 coins from the Dark Ages in a  farmer's field near Aylesbury,  Buckingh...

Viking Penguin; 452 pages;  August 2014 eBook ISBN 978-0-698-17028-5 Tana French has won much praise for her five thrillers, with good reas...

I'm the only person you know who bothers to think of things like this, let alone write about them.  But bear with me. Once again, I'...