Barbara Skelton
Barbara Skelton was a writer and literary femme fatale. She had many lovers and three husbands. She wrote two novels, a volume of short stories and two brilliant autobiographies.
City Hall subway station
City Hall was the original southern terminal of the first line of the New York City Subway, Passenger service was discontinued on December 31, 1945, making it a ghost station, although the station is still used as a turning loop for the 6 train.
Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark was a Scottish novelist.
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi was born in Naples in an aristocratic family and moved to Rome immediately after the end of World War II and spent his professional life there. Patroni Griffi is considered one of the most prominent contributors to Italian theater and film in post-war Italy.
Södra Ängby
Södra Ängby is a residential area blending functionalism with garden city ideals, located in western Stockholm. Encompassing more than 500 buildings, it remains the largest coherent functionalistic villa area in Sweden and possibly the world, still well-preserved more than a half-century after its construction in 1933–40.
Yakhchal
Yakhchal is an ancient type of refrigerator. The word "yakh-chal" also means glacier in Persian.
Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez was an Italian painter, the leading artist of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories and exceptionally fine portraits.
Buster
Buster was a dog belonging to Roy Hattersley, a British politician and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. In 1996, Buster attacked and killed a goose in St. James' Park, London. On 6 April, Hattersley was stopped and questioned by the police while returning home after walking Buster in the park. Buster was suspected of killing the goose, while not under Hattersley's control, and a quick check revealed blood around his muzzle. As the goose was located in a Royal Park, it was the property of the Queen. The Royal connection, coupled with Hattersley's prominent public position, led to national media coverage of the incident. He was charged with contravening Regulation 3(5)(b) of the Royal and Other Parks and Gardens Regulations 1977. On 20 November 1996, Hattersley pleaded guilty by letter, and was fined £25 for letting Buster off the lead (although he claimed that Buster had pulled the lead out of his hand), and £50 for letting him kill the goose. In 1998, Hattersley published Buster's Diaries (as told to Roy Hattersley) which were purportedly the dog's own thoughts on his life and relationship with his owner, and in which Buster was characterized as having acted in self-defense.
Archerfish
Archerfish are known for their habit of preying on land based insects and other small animals by literally shooting them down with water droplets from their specialized mouths.
Villa Gamberaia
Villa Gamberaia is a seventeenth-century villa outside Florence. Edith Wharton attributed the preservation of the garden at the Villa Gamberaia to its "obscure fate" during the nineteenth century, when more prominent gardens with richer owners, in more continuous attendance, had their historic features improved clean away. During World War II, the villa was almost completely destroyed. It was restored it after the war, using old prints, maps and photographs for guidance.