Alex A
Traveller, writer and history buff. You can usually find me in coffee shop somewhere in Europe.
Articles by Alex A:
Boris Karloff, a terrifying Frankenstein’s Monster and a grumpy Grinch, every year gave presents to kids with disabilities
Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome and were called “thermopolia”
Flapper shoes: The footwear that declared cultural war on Victorian apparel
The inventor of the famous Fender guitars never learned to play one
Nan Madol, a mysterious city called the Atlantis of the Pacific where underwater “platinum coffins” rumored to exist
In 5th century Europe, socks were worn by “holy” people to symbolize their purity
The Toda People: A small pastoral tribe with a fascinating social life and rich cultural history
In fifth-century Europe, socks were usually worn by “holy” people to symbolize purity
Nan Madol: a mysterious city called Atlantis where underwater “platinum coffins” were supposedly discovered by the Japanese
Blickling Hall: the birthplace of Queen Anne Boleyn and said to be haunted by her ghost, carrying her severed head