Sunday Links

Ellesmere repair yard from a linocut by Eric Gaskell, one of his Canal Prints series.

Persepolis Reimagined - I enjoyed this immersive site I discovered at Web Curios. If you click on only one of my links today, this should be it.

Lace! (via everlasting blort)

Beatle v mobster:  The inside story of John Lennon’s 1976 court battle with Morris Levy, a mafia-affiliated music mogul.

 If I got a pair of these little hands would they make me look more serious?

Making Film Soup (via MeFi)

A collection of miscellaneous Punk Zines

Are there any Doc Martin fans out there? As the show draws to a close his surgery in North Cornwall has come on the market.

Can fungi clean the air of the world's most polluted capital city?

Did you know that Canadians are among the most prominent writers in the Alternate History genre? I didn't. (via Strange Company)

12 Unforgettable Descriptions of Food in Literature Flaubert's description of a dinner party in  Sentimental Education sounds totally decadent.

Explore this  Map of Medieval Europe (via TMN)

I don't need no stinkin'  Garden Hermits. Mr. Nag will do just fine.

A novel way to ruin everyone's Easter: Asparagus Soup In Chocolate Bowls 

Little Ukraine: You knew Americans, but it’s almost as if they were the interlopers. The world was Ukrainian.

Thanks to the the National Library of The Netherlands you can now make your own medieval memes (via Perfect for Roquefort Cheese)

It was an Open and Shut case. The hilarious story of how it was solved so quickly.

9 ways to visualize the obscene wealth of Jeff Bezos- Mona Chalabi 

(NewYorkTimes)

Even among the genre of desserts known as “desperation pies,” “hard times pie” seems particularly dire. The Depression-era science trick that transformed water into pie

Interesting stats: Airports Council International (ACI World) has published the top 10 busiest airports worldwide for 2021. Eight of the world's top 10 airports for passenger traffic in 2021 were in the U.S., with the other two in China.

What happens when cops pull over a driverless vehicle? (via Miss Cellania)

Horrifying Surgical Kit Found in 1,000-Year-Old  Tomb in Peru. It belonged to a surgeon of the Middle Sican period (900 – 1050 AD). (via Strange Company)

A plastic bag’s 2,000-mile journey shows the messy truth about recycling

Tesco's Plastic Pledge Falls Short

At last a sport for me!  Extreme Sitting (via Miss Cellania)

Did you know that Fauci, the Clintons, and the Obamas are currently interned at Gitmo? The stupidity is killing me.

Bad puns, regrettable costumes, and other joys of collecting kitschy album art Robin Ash’s home overflows with album covers that most people would find ugly, distasteful and often both. 

Why City Pigeons Are Worth Watching  (New York Times)

The GrillComb I want a few.

The best afternoon tea venues in London We'll be at The British Museum for the Stonehenge exhibit. I'll try to time it around tea!

Imagine a vulture, a sparrow, a turkey, and a pigeon all decide to hang out on the same power line. Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, and Jeff Bezos Go on Double Date

Radical fashion changes over the past couple of centuries: Short Hair for Men and Pink Clothes for Women (and more)