Originally published December 22, 2008 The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is a conservation organisation dedicated to saving wetlands for wildlife and for people. It was founded in 1946 by Sir Peter Scott, a naturalist and an artist. He bought the first wetland site for the trust and for many years he hosted a TV … Read more
Towards Liberating Women from Corsets At the end of the 19th century, it was customary for ‘properly’ dressed women to spend their days imprisoned in ornate dresses with padding and layers of underclothes including corsets which restricted movement and were very confining. It was Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel who used her fashion genius of design and … Read more
Poetic Timing Three days after Pablo Neruda was hospitalized with cancer in his native country of Chile in the autumn of 1973 after having been very ill for some weeks before, he died of heart failure on September 23rd at the age of 69. However, it wasn’t in just any month that Neruda’s final days … Read more