A RIVER RUNS PUTRID: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

The city of London sought in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that parched the metropolis. An even more unpleasant force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial discharges had transformed London's lifeblood into a foul-smelling mire. The stench was oppressive, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone an

In the heartache trenches of World War I, a remarkable story unfolded during the Christmas season of 1914. Amidst the violence and horror, an unprecedented truce emerged between warring factions. As the bells of Christmas chimed throughout Europe, soldiers on both sides crossed out of their dugouts. An scene of unexpected brotherhood unfolded in No