Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Burke and Hare

 I wrote about Burke and Hare. They killed people and sold the bodies to surgeons for dissection in Edinburgh in the early 18th century. Their dreadful crimes were remembered in a rhyme:

‘Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief, Knox the boy that buys the beef’

Monday, 13 April 2026

Katyn Admission

 On 13 April 1990 the Soviet Union finally admitted responsibility for the Katyn Massacre (the murder of Polish officers in 1940).

Monday, 6 April 2026