Who is the most memorably named but forgotten 19th Century author? Jerome Jerome. But his novel "Three Men in a Boat" isn't forgotten. It is much loved. An adventure that also happens to contain the best description of hypochondria and seasickness ever wr

Adoré Floupette, Ernest Lalor Malley, Sokal Hoax and Grievance Studies Affair aka Sokal Squared are all, at heart, satirical works with a sharp aim at foolish literary and academic circles. But a 1976 sublime satirical work about salt passing is the

The chariot race from the 1959 movie "Ben-Hur" is such a cinematic masterpiece many have forgotten the book from which it is taken. Lew Wallace wrote one of the all-time great action scenes in literature and created one of the all time baddest villains. A

In 1611 when he was in Prague, German genius Johannes Kepler wrote a booklet for his pal Wacker von Wackenfels all about why snowflakes are six-sided. Not only was Kepler a genius of planetary motion he was a gifted writer.

Voltaire's "Candide" is a beloved 18th C work - a Top

Did you know prisons have newspapers? The Connecticut "Monthly Journal" was a learned tome and the Arkansas "Pea Pickers' Picayune" was a riot. Both contained great writing on the topic of America's Thanksgiving. Happy Turkey Day 2021 to all.

In 1469 Thomas Mallory wrote a blockbuster prose novel - the first of its kind in English - in prison. Or did he? 'Le Morte d'Arthur', or the Death of Arthur is the beloved 15th century classic of the sword in the stone and the knights of the round table.

Crufts International Dog Show was begun by Charges Cruft. Did his obituary inadvertently out him as a cat person? An anonymous newspaperman penned a perfect ambiguous reference that has kept dog lovers wondering for decades.  

Chapter 1 of Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' is 'Down the Rabbit-Hole'. This 1865 classic of children's fantasy literature starts as it continues - in the most wonderful and imaginative way. A

World War One ended on 11 November 1918 at 11am. 103 years later we still remember the fallen of that war and all wars. The team at the Liverpool Echo newspaper put together some mighty fine words to mark the peace.