@hairygit@fem_mb@AmandaPCraig The 1857 Sepoy Rebellion was an important factor in the rise of European "scientific" racism, according to Ter Ellingson's interesting book, The Myth of the Noble Savage. https://t.co/nIR4OBOExG
@SloppyJalopy5@dlondonwortel Well thought out gardens are different with each season. So it is always interesting to go back there. There is a nice view of the river, as well.
@SketchesbyBoze@pensandpoison My mother claimed she read all of Dickens (her mother had bought a set) at the age of 7, when under quarantine for scarlet fever. I felt I could never equal this. An acquaintance told me his (Russian) father had given him Crime& Punishment to read at age 6 to his great puzzlement