Category Archives: In the news

In the news: Princess Noor Inayat Khan

Posted on November 1, 2012 by secondbysecond

Jane Martinson (The Women’s Blog with Jane Martinson 23 October 2012) recently reported in the British newspaper The Guardian that a statue is soon to be erected in London to honour Princess Noor Inayat Khan. The princess, who was descended from … Continue reading →

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In the news/Vignette: Robot discovers the Lascaux Cave (1940)

Posted on October 31, 2012 by secondbysecond

According to Tom Kington, recently reporting from Rome for the British newspaper The Guardian (18 October 2012), two men noticed a wandering cat slip through a small opening in a cliff face close to their home in the ancient city. When … Continue reading →

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In the news: The White Rabbit

Posted on October 11, 2012 by secondbysecond

A 23 September 2012 article by Jasper Copping in the British newspaper The Telegraph reviewed Sophie Jackson’s recent biography of the British WWII spy known as The White Rabbit. The White Rabbit was the code name for Wing Commander Forest Frederick … Continue reading →

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In the news: House for sale (in Paris!) & songwriter Cole Porter’s connection with the little song sparrow herself: Edith Piaf.

Posted on October 2, 2012 by secondbysecond

According to Jean Rafferty’s article in the New York Times (27 September 2012), A House… , Cole Porter’s old house in Paris is up for sale. For house, read mansion—or maybe palace or mini-château. Check the previous link for a picture. … Continue reading →

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In the news: Giant Messerschmitt found off the coast of Sardinia

Posted on September 18, 2012 by secondbysecond

According to the British newspaper The Telegraph (13 September 2012) a team of Italian researchers led by Cristina Freghieri recently discovered a Messerschmitt 323 Gigant (Giant) some 200 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean. The enormous aircraft had been shot … Continue reading →

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In the news: Hitler shop opens (and closes) in India

Posted on September 14, 2012 by secondbysecond

Who would think that Nazi Germany and British India—the Third Reich and the ‘Jewel in the Crown’—would have the slightest thing in common? Mahatma Gandhi’s famous letter to Hitler (below) represents one of the few and little known connections. Until … Continue reading →

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In the news: The ship’s bell

Posted on August 25, 2012 by secondbysecond

The chips are down. If Microsoft co-founder, Paul G. Allen, gets his way, he and his ROV-equipped yacht will soon set sail to recover the ship’s bell from HMS Hood. [FYI: ROV = Remotely Operated Vehicle]. HMS Hood, one of … Continue reading →

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In the news: Curiosity and the ingredients for life

Posted on August 6, 2012 by secondbysecond

In the early hours of this morning, NASA’s Martian rover Curiosity touched down on the Red Planet to tackle a question that has fired the imagination of the public at least as far back as H.G. Wells’s War of the … Continue reading →

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In the news: World War II seaplane found in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence

Posted on August 1, 2012 by secondbysecond

This week, the Canadian newspaper The Province (30 July 2012)  reported on the ongoing US salvage operations to remove remains and artifacts from an American World War II PBY Catalina flying boat that had crashed and sunk in the Gulf of … Continue reading →

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In the news: Silver galore!

Posted on July 22, 2012 by secondbysecond

Last week, according to the British newspaper The Telegraph, hundreds of bars of silver were retrieved from the cargo ship SS Gairsoppa, which was sunk by a German U-boat in 1941. The ship went down off the coast of Ireland and … Continue reading →

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