Our Edinburgh desk chief Steve Farrar reports: “Saint Cassian of Imola was stabbed to death with metal nibs and now is, curiously, the patron saint of short-hand writers and parish clerks. Which makes him the ultimate pen pusher in more ways than one.” BACKGROUND INFO FOR NIB NEWBIES: this video shows a nib in non-homicidal […]
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Forensic Adventures: Birthday Boy
The accidental death at home, by hanging, whilst wearing a tutu, of the 13th Earl of Gurney, strikes some people as being both absurd and, if youll pardon the expression, a one-off. True, that particular death is fictional (it occurred near the beginning of the 1972 film The Ruling Class). True, absurdity can be difficult […]