Entertainment & The Arts
Think you know about “Robbie Burns”? Er, who’s that?
Monday, January 25th, 2010The famous Scottish bard, the Ayrshire ploughman, the people’s poet – Robert Burns was called many things – but was not known by the contraction, “Robbie” in his lifetime. Nor Rabbie. He was known as Robert, or Rob; and he refers to himself as Rantin’ Robin in a poem, but Robbie was a later, sentimental invention. [...]
Like a complete unknown…
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Maybe we here at IF are getting on a bit, but we find the following account reported in The Telegraph to be nothing short of incredible. After reports of a scruffy looking old man wandering the neighbourhood acting suspiciously were made to police, Bob Dylan, the veteran rock star and global icon, was picked up [...]
UFOs in classical art
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009The ‘net abounds with claims of UFOs appearing in antiquity, evidenced by artworks from centuries ago that depict unidentified flying objects. Art historians claim these objects are unidentified only to our modern eyes. See what you think. More here
Incredible photo of 18,000 troops in formation
Saturday, May 9th, 2009It took 18,000 troops from Camp Dodge, DesMoines to stand in perfect formation to make this picture of a human Statue of Liberty.
Disney’s famous character – Mortimer Mouse!
Monday, March 16th, 2009Walt Disney originally planned to name his famous cartoon mouse “Mortimer” not Mickey! It was his wife who persuaded him to name the mouse Mickey, although Mickey Rooney claimed that he was the inspiration of the name. Another Mortimer Mouse featured in later cartoons as Mickey’s love rival for Minnie.


