Enemas, drownings, moral panics – the colourful history of beer
Swaying through moral crises and social revolutions, Jeffrey M Pilcher’s Hopped Up explains how beer took over the world ...
The Hindu Lit for Life 2025: Shashi Tharoor basks in Indianism
Before writer-politician Shashi Tharoor made his presence felt at The Hindu’s annual literary extravaganza Lit for Life on ...
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Peter Mark Roget, A Retired Doctor, Began Writing His ‘Thesaurus.’ It Took 4 Years To Write
National Thesaurus Day, on January 18th, honors Peter Mark Roget, the author of Roget’s Thesaurus, who was born on this day ...
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17 Things We Feel Every Single Day, But Don't Have The Words For
The first word on our list that can’t be fully translated because it carries emotion behind it we don’t tend to pack into ...
Why Mali seized gold from a mining giant.
Canadian mining giant Barrick halted its operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks worth $245 million. What's the story behind the Nigerian words added to the Oxford English ...
Crash involving tractor trailer on Hwy. 202 closes bridge at Exit 179 in Oxford
The Alabama Department of Transportation confirmed Friday morning that the crash involving a tractor trailer and a Toyota ...