Furious George. Beware of drunken Monkeys.

Spot the Sniper.

London 1927 in colour.

Ugly Animals. Although some, I think, have been hard-done by. more inside

Medieval Cookery. In addition to recipes, site includes a few oddities, a fine set of links to online Medieval cookbooks, and a Medieval cookery word of the day. more inside

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. A couple of photo-essays, with sound, from Magnum.

Shark Virgin Birth confirmed. A Bonnethead shark has given birth by parthenogenesis. It's not the first time for sharks, a Bamboo shark has done this before.

The Tomb of Herod the Great has been discovered at Herodium. more inside

Images from the Museo de las Momias in Guanajuato. Rather disturbing images. Some backstory. Some more backstory. More (equally disturbing) images here and here. more inside

The Encyclopedia Titanica has everything you ever wanted to know about the Titanic, including passenger lists with biographies, articles, and archive film footage. Go on, indulge your morbid curiosity.

Birds of War. An exhibition to mark the fourth anniversary of the Iraq invasion. Also, a photo essay (flash, sound) on Iraq four years on.

The Snowsuit Effort documents Detroit's homeless. A condensed flash gallery is here.

Spenser and the Tradition : English Poetry 1579-1830 (via).A bloody enormous database of poetry and criticism charting the influence of Edmund Spenser on the English poetic tradition. more inside

"Wake me up at" stickers. Although considered by many a breach of etiquette (via), help is at hand for those who fall asleep on the tube. more inside

The World of Beer: a Universal Language (small pictures, annoyingly with the gallery logo plastered over them). The related article. A history of beer. And a monkey.

A painting recently attributed to Caravaggio can be seen at a London exhibition of the Royal Collection. Here's a gallery of all (I think) Caravaggio's paintings. And a monkey.

Everything you wanted to know about Greek gods but were afraid to ask. Includes galleries, family trees, a bestiary, and a library of a fair few translations of Greek and Roman source texts. And it has monkeys. more inside

Portraits of Violence: The Gangs of Port Moresby and Suicide Bombers in Gaza. Essay.

A new species of leopard has been discovered in Borneo, the latest of more than 400 species discovered since 1996. A very handsome animal it is too. more inside

Sonnet Central features lots of sonnets in English, and a fair few translations. You may also enjoy having some read to you (real audio), or the monthly battle of the sonnets. more inside