Anyone who bargained for the services of a matagot or caught one to try and time, it behooved the person to make sure the cat was well taken care of lest the cat seek revenge. One story told is Biscay, France tells of a sorcerer who was strangled by his matagots when he abandoned t...
Where was Horus born? Where is Theravada Buddhism practiced? Where did Wicca come from? Who started the Jehovah's Witness religion? When was Islam founded? What date was Taoism founded? Where is Sikhism located? Where is Buddha from? Where did Hinduism originate? Where is Buddhism mainly locat...
The 78th United Nations Assembly was held last week. However, despite being founded on the principles of protecting the peace and security of the world, it has proven largely ineffective in rectifying the errors of its predecessor, the League of Nations....
we’ve not managed to make it but were invited by UCB to give it a go before the second lockdown and jumped at the offer – so this was an unusual freebie, see our Reciprocity Promise here.
The Society of Dilettanti had been founded by Sir Francis Dashwood and other travellers in Italy including Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex and Lord Boyne, in 1731. At first it was a club for gentlemen who had visited Italy though Horace Walpole said the real qualification was that they ...
Who was the founder of Jainism? Who created the Emerald Buddha? Where does The Bhagavad Gita originate? What country did Taoism originate in? Where did atheism start? Where was Scientology founded? What date was Taoism founded? Where is the Emerald Buddha? What is the place of worship in Ta...
Spiritism, not to be confused with Spiritualism, believes in the unity of science, philosophy, and religion. Spiritism was founded in France in 1850, by Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail, also known as Allan Kardec. Approximately 15 million people worldwide practice Spiritism. ...
Most counties were set up with the idea that a person could reach a county seat within less than a day at the time they were founded. For most of the history of the country that was the distance a horse and carriage could go in a day. And in modern terms, that’s about 20-50 ...
This first “Saudi state” was founded around the area of Riyadh and expanded quickly to control most of the present-day area. However, in 1818, Ottoman viceroy Mohammed Ali Pasha and his men destroyed this nation, leading to the establishment of a smaller Saudi state in 1824 around Nejd in...
In Westport Nancy co-founded the very popular lunchtime theater series Play With Your Food, and was the founder and producer of the short film festival Short Cuts. The other day, we chatted at the Westport Library. Our “06880” podcast ranged from her work in finance to the arts; the ch...