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Between the rockery and a hard place. Priapus and the garden gnome?

In 1847 Sir Charles Isham journeyed back from Germany, ever the eccentric Sir Charles returned with 21 smaller friends. These small figures were all the rage in Germany and had… Read more »

Bees in Antiquity Part Two: Greece and Rome

As we have seen in the previous article, apiculture had become a sophisticated industry by the time Homer was composing epithets and gruesome deaths. It would also be foolish to… Read more »