A Brief History of Teeth in Art

From the Dabbler's rich archives, Toby Ferris examines the place of teeth in the art of fifteenth century Italy and Northern Europe... I have come to realise that if I am to make any real progress on my much anticipated, much delayed History of Whistling, I will first have to address ... Read More...

The Man on The Clapham Omnibus

The Wikiworm burrows deeper into Wikipedia... The man on the Clapham omnibus is a hypothetical reasonable person, used by the courts in English law where it is necessary to decide whether a party has acted as a reasonable person would — for example, in a civil action for negligence. The man ... Read More...

Get Carter

Today, some classic British noir... “Get carter!” That was my instruction, that morning, from the overseer. But there were so many carters passing along the lane, driving their carts to, or back from, the market square in the village, that I had no idea which carter to get. Nor did I have ... Read More...

Johann Hari – What I Did on my Holidays

Continuing the theme of plagiarism from Nige's post, here, raised from the archives as a Bank Holiday treat, is Noseybonk's take on the dodgy hack Johann Hari... Those who have been following the remarkable case of the plagiarising, Wikipedia-manipulating Independent journalist Johann Hari will know that he has handed back ... Read More...