George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) As reluctant as Dorian himself was to look at his own picture,...

Hotel Cecil on far left and Savoy 2nd from left. The 3rd building is likely the Red Cross Headquarters. Have you ever stayed in a hotel?...

Robert Ledru is barely a footnote in my novel, Gray Matter . His name is thrown out as a warning by the lawyer, Jean-Michel D'Barbareau,...

A handsome Hansom Cab with a handsome Hansom driver, circa 1880's. You might think that cars, trucks, and vans would have no place in the...

Le Havre Carte de Visite (Postcard of Le Havre, 19th century) One of the most prominent locations in Gray Matter, the sequel to Grayscale...

When one is asked to name the most important inventions since the beginning of creation, the wheel is certainly at the top of the list,...

Perhaps smartphones and Artificial Intelligence aren't the best starting point for a blog on trains, but here we are. Take a moment to...

The traveling freak-show was an institution that was almost exclusively Victorian. While traveling circuses have existed since Roman...