People Archives - Nerdalicious

Terry Pratchett Meets An Old Friend On The Way

March 13, 2015

https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036599047258112 https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036726046646272 https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036888190038016 Vale Sir Terry Pr... Read More...

Spock Is Eternal

C S Hughes

March 4, 2015

Film & TV, People

There are few characters that are eternal, that embody so well the universal spirit that they become part of the cultural memory. Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes come to mind, and Arthur Pendragon, and Monkey. A... Read More...

Vale John Schofield

Olga Hughes

February 25, 2015

History, People

"Well might many a famous individual from the past, were he able to read history’s verdict on him, echo the cry of Shakespeare’s Cassio: ‘Reputation, reputation, reputation! I have lost my reputation." Now tha... Read More...

50 Years of C.S Lewis and Growing up in Narnia

Olga Hughes

November 22, 2013

Books, People

On this day, 50 years ago, C.S. Lewis passed into the land of Narnia. He will be honoured with a plaque at Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner this year, a well-deserved tribute. I don't know many people who grew... Read More...

Seven Things You Didn’t Know About Emma Watson’s Hair

C S Hughes

July 6, 2013

Film & TV, People, Ridiculam Mundi

She's pretty, she's classy, she's witty, she's sassy. She's an icon to young wizards everywhere. She's gorgeous and sometimes screechy. She's also becoming ubiquitous. Oh no! Don't become ubiquitous Emma! Isn't... Read More...

Famous and Almost Famous Book Cover Models

Carmel Bourke

June 18, 2013

Books, People

Over the last few years of selling teen romance books on ebay and on my website, Sweet Hearts Romance Books, I have spotted a few faces that sort of looked familiar. Some I have worked out who the now famous or... Read More...

Why Vitamins Are Funky

C S Hughes

May 20, 2013

History, People, Science

The term vitamin was derived from 'vitamine,' a compound word coined in 1912 by the Polish biochemist Kazimierz Funk, when working at the Lister Institute Of Preventive Medicine (who also invented Listerine, an... Read More...

Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II Discusses Nymph Racing And The Chastity Commission

C S Hughes

April 21, 2013

History, People

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1780 to 1790. Here he is discussing ploughing fields, Vienna's traditional whore race, his mother's Commission On Chastity, looking ... Read More...