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Four Fat Spiders In A Glass Of Gin

Warren EllisquotesJanuary 5, 2023

East Anglian writer Eliza Vaughan discovered, while researching herbal cures in Essex, that two young brothers suffering from ague (shivering fits) were cured by taking ‘four fat spiders in a glass of gin, three times daily for a fortnight’.

FOLKLORE OF ESSEX, Sylvia Kent

Ice Age Data Writing

Warren Ellislinks and bookmarksJanuary 5, 2023

A primitive writing system used by ice age hunter-gatherers appears to have been uncovered by an amateur archaeologist, who concluded that the 20,000-year-old markings were a form of lunar calendar. The research suggests cave drawings were not only a form …

Warren EllisquotesJune 6, 2022

She took one look at Poe and said, ‘When was the last time you slept? You have eyes like a racing dog’s bollocks.’ THE BOTANIST, MW Craven

Ice Pilots

Warren EllisquotesJune 29, 2022

During the winter months, the only route in and out of the remote valley of Zanskar in the Indian Himalayas is along the ice-path formed by a frozen river. The river passes down through steep-sided valleys of shaley rock, on …

Kafka Broke Einstein

Warren EllisquotesMarch 1, 2022

Alfred Kazin relates that Thomas Mann lent one of Kafka’s novels to Einstein, who gave it back to him saying: “I couldn’t read it; the human mind isn’t that complex.” SIX WALKS IN THE FICTIONAL WOODS, Umberto Eco (UK) (US)

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