Sunday Links

Housed at: Wikimedia Commons | From: Imperial War Museum

Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918 

There is no danger down here: On October 31st, 1918, as the First World War neared its end, celebrated war poet and officer of the Second Manchesters Wilfred Owen wrote home to his mother. Sadly, this would be his last letter.

This is what it’s like to be struck by lightning  Via

How Much Human Skin Does a Person Ingest Over the Course of Their Lifetime? (IMO any amount is too much.)

Ancient Roman Bathroom Humour

Glenn Gould’s Bach Score Surfaces, Scrawls and All 

Some Sunday morning violence: Penguin gets into a bloody fight with his cheating wife's lover

The world’s oldest figurative drawing depicts a wounded animal 

This is so sweet: Need For Speed: African Grey Parrot Cruising Around On An R/C Truck

NFB Gives Second Life to WWI Archival Footage Three original NFB films about World War I, compiled using rare archival footage, are being screened at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa through to March 31, 2019.

The Imagined Story Behind Leonard Cohen’s ‘Suzanne’  A matchmaking sprite recalls the story of a young poet and a dancer, which may or may not have inspired the famous ballad.

The Pettiest Feuds and People of All Time Thanks Bruce!

American Hero, a new digital series, introduces  Bangladeshi-American Don Milton, a movie obsessive and the most stylish cabdriver in New York.

The Story of Devo’s First Album Cover

The Man Who Was Stuck in a Paris Airport for 18 Years

Remote holiday rental in Ontario forest is an escape into nature 

'Chunks of my tongue came off – you could see the tastebuds': Ross Edgley on swimming around Great Britain

Hollywood vs Russia Russian artist Velir Kosherga makes mashups of Hollywood movie reality and Russian everyday reality.

Love Letters From the Battlefield: How words kept my grandparents connected during the second world war.

These misunderstood political songs are a far cry from the artists’ original intentions

Laura Levis died outside a Boston-area ER. The doors were locked. Why? This is a shocking and very sad story. Via

Where is Trevaline? A normal person, going about a normal day. Then something happens and this person is never seen again, alive or dead. What could be more eerie?

Watercolorist Emily Noyes Vanderpoel was the author of Color Problems, an important turn-of-the-century book on color theory. More here

The Time Bandits of Southern California