Poison gas or panic?

It was Friday 13 December – Luca Day in Hungary. The village of Nagyrév, steeped in customs and superstitions, viewed Luca Day as an opportunity to ward off evil forces and manifest plentiful crops. O

A WAVE OF SEEMINGLY COORDINATED SPIKINGS HAVE ALREADY MARRED CELEBRATIONS ACROSS FRANCE

Every June, across France, there is a huge street festival, the Fête de la Musique, where towns and cities stage free concerts, parades and dancing, with millions of people taking part. This year, tho

A PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY HAS REVEALED DECADES OF TERROR AT A CATHOLIC BOARDING SCHOOL

We all did stupid, and occasionally dangerous, things when we were young. Getting caught copying our best friend’s maths homework, lying about our whereabouts so we could drink underage at parties, cy

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on