7 times unlucky (or is that 8?) for the star of this week's Wikiworm, as we bring you another strange story from the darker depths of Wikipedia Roy Cleveland Sullivan (February 7, 1912 – September 28, 1983) was a United States park ranger in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was hit by lightning on ... Read More...
Month: October 2014
Today's lesson comes from the book of Frank Key... 1. Now there dwelt in Gath an moptop whose name was Ringo. And one day the Lord appeared to Ringo and he was sore affrighted. Ringo tugged at the fringe of his moptop so it might cover his eyes that he could ... Read More...
The Whartons of Winchendon, is a new serialisation of Jonathan Law's latest book, which is published for Kindle by Dabbler Editions and available to buy from Amazon now. In this episode we meet Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, who was instrumental not only in the rise to power of his family, but also ... Read More...
Our ex-pat American correspondent Rita is lucky enough to live in Maryland, home of one of the most beautiful Falls in the world. But can you ever escape modern life, even when Leaf Peeping?... September is over, and as the days dwindle down to a precious few, an annual American ritual ... Read More...
The Dabbler is proud to present The Whartons of Winchendon, a major new serialisation of Jonathan Law's latest book, which is published for Kindle by Dabbler Editions and available to buy from Amazon now. By turns hilarious and tragic, it tells the tale of the rise and fall of one of the ... Read More...
A shortish Diary this week to welcome you to the new-look Dabbler. I've been busy - though not as busy as Worm, who has worked tirelessly in his spare time to drag this beloved blog into its latest incarnation. You will know that we were down for more than a ... Read More...
Returning to the new-look Dabbler, Mahlerman turns his attention to Benjamin Britten and shares his personal attachment to the greatest English composer since Purcell... Had he not lived in Restoration England, where fully-composed opera was not yet accepted, there is little doubt that Henry Purcell would have developed into the great ... Read More...
When scientists decide to troll each other, things can get messy. The Wikiworm trawls the weirdest Wikipedia articles on the web to find out more... The Sokal affair, also called the Sokal hoax, was a publishing hoax perpetrated by Alan Sokal, a physics professor at New York University. In 1996, Sokal submitted an article to Social Text, an academic journal of postmodern cultural ... Read More...
Welcome to the new and improved Dabbler! Yes we’re up and running again – apologies for the interruption to your cultural nourishment during the last few days. You’ll notice the site looks rather different. There will almost certainly be a few glitches that need ironing out. But the good news is that ... Read More...
