Vintage advertising I quote from the health and beauty manual To be beautiful ( Sonzogno, Milan, 1906 ), two recipes and some tips to remedy the problem of swollen eyes. The text reads: “When the eyes are swollen, light massages with: are particularly recommended Castor oil gr. 5
A sumptuous Roman banquet. The gustatio was the aperitif before dinner The habit of the aperitif , still so widespread and appreciated today, has its origins in Ancient Rome. Thats right:the aperitif also belongs to that large group of inventions bequeathed to us by our ancestors of the Urb
Also known as The Year Without a Summer, 1816 negatively affected the entire world, from the poorest rice farmer in China to the -perpetually in fear of starvation- residents of Ireland. In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted and its aftermath caused droughts, destroyed crops and most importantly, an endles
Great Britain took an active part in the armed race that ended with the creation of the atomic bomb. The dispute continues to this day - was the participation of scientists from the Isles crucial to the cause? Has Churchill missed an opportunity to become nuclear power faster? When it became cle