A RIVER RUNS PUTRID: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

The city of London sought in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that parched the metropolis. An even more detestable force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial waste had transformed London's lifeblood into a nauseating odor. The stench was overwhelming, a miasma that clung to every check here cobblesto

In the harrowing trenches of World War I, a remarkable story unfolded during the Christmas season of 1914. Amidst the bloodshed and despair, an unprecedented pause emerged between warring factions. As the bells of Christmas chimed throughout Europe, soldiers on both sides ventured out of their dugouts. A scene of unprecedented brotherhood unfolded