This year is the two-hundredth anniversary of the invention of the bicycle. Two hundred years ago in Mannheim in Germany, Karl Freiherr von Drais invented the ‘draisine’ – the forerunner of the bicycle. It had two wheels, with the front able to be steered by handlebars. But it had no pedals, the rider instead ‘scooting’ … Read more
Sitting on a grooming table at the Scottish Breeds Show, this Bearded Collie sat patiently, immobile even, while all around him dogs were being walked, groomed, tended to, displayed, exhibited, and judged. Not only Bearded Collies, but also other Scottish breeds at the 31st General Championship Show of the Scottish Breeds Canine Club held at … Read more
Victor Horta was a Belgian architect and a leading figure in the Art Nouveau (New Art) movement – a movement that mushroomed all over Europe starting in the 1890s. The Horta museum in Brussels is housed in what was Horta’s house and studio, which he designed in the Art Nouveau style. He had the house … Read more