Do you know?
Daniel Defoe was born Daniel Foe. He changed his surname in the hope that it would improve his image and his finances, but it didn’t.
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Robinson Crusoe Island
Where is Robinson Crusoe Island? It is in the Pacific Ocean about 640 kilometers west of Chile. How big is it? Robinson Crusoe is the largest of a group of three islands which are together called Juan Fernandez after the Spanish explorer who discovered them in the 16th century. The total land area of…
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Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ is no more
Gene Wilder, who became Hollywood’s one of the most iconic comic actors with his delightfully funny performances in films directed by Mel Brooks has passed away. He was 83. Wilder made his own name in the industry with films like “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein”, “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, and “Stir Crazy”…
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Did you know ?
Dark Doings The moody Hamlet is often called the melancholy Dane. Melancholy means gloomy, but it literally refers to “black bile.” You might recognise its root parts in melan ( a dark pigment) and chole (gall or ill temper). In medieval times, bodily “humours” were thought to influence our moods, black bile being one of these…
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What are ‘locked-room’ mysteries?
The locked room mystery is an intriguing type of crime fiction that revolves around an offence being committed in such a way that it seems impossible to determine how it was done. Usually, a murder victim is discovered in a room locked from the inside with no other apparent exit or entry route, making the readers…
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6 Most Prolific Writers in History
Recently, the Guinness record went to the most prolific writer Charles Hamilton. He is estimated to have written more than a 100 million words. The following are some others. Corin Tellado– Spanish writer aka Maria del Socorro Tellado Lopez, lived from 1927-2009 and published more than 4000 novels. She sold more than 400 million copies…
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AN INSTANCE IN TIME
Life is but a flash…
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Every Woman Deserves To Be Respected
Every Woman Deserves To Be Respected
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Shakespeare’s Novel Neologisms We Still Use
Here is an interesting post on the Bard that I would like to share… In honor of William Shakespeare, we’d like to share some words popularized by the Bard himself. Shakespeare died on April 23rd and was baptized on April 26th; his actual birth date remains unknown. Did Shakespeare coin the following terms? Probably not—these words…
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A VIEW WORTH SEEING
Beautiful poem from Keith…
