THE THAMES RAN FOUL: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

The city of London sweltered in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that scorched the metropolis. An even more repellent force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial waste had transformed London's lifeblood into a nauseating odor. The stench was oppressive, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone and sat

In the harrowing trenches of World War I, a remarkable story unfolded during the Christmas season of 1914. Amidst the cruelty and fear, an unprecedented break emerged between warring factions. As the bells of Christmas chimed throughout Europe, soldiers on both sides crossed out of their barricades. The scene of astonishing solidarity unfolded in N