This post focuses on two aspects, that of the difference in legal rights between men and women, specifically married women with reference to the novel “The Hound of the Baskerville” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The way that women were treated and looked at during the reign of Queen Victoria with particular interest in married
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A unique space within any cultural heritage, Dark tourism is the act of visiting sites associated with death, disaster, and suffering. Its range is wide, varied and growing. Taking the most infamous Holocaust memorials to battlefields, prisons and cemeteries to derelict spots. It engages visitors to pass through the emotional and sometimes uncomfortable encounters with
Continue reading ...Why has this single literary character achieved such monumental success since his debut in the 1887 novel A Study in Scarlet? He has been reinvented through film adaptations, television series, pastiches, animations and even nonhuman variations. He has enjoyed a more enduring cultural footprint than modern superheroes like Batman or Superman and is one of
Continue reading ...I really enjoy mushrooms in food. Their versatility across a variety of dishes and the culinary diversification they offer are incredible. However, for a long time, I was under the assumption that growing mushrooms was a complex and highly specialised process. This thought started from a school day trip I took years ago. We were
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Everyone, through books, movies, tv series, podcasts, games or any other form imaginable has come across the name Jack the Ripper. A fair few, counting myself in that number, have a deeper interest in the Ripperology phenomenon. Taking you back to an era which I personally find captivating. The year is 1888. A thick, yellow
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