Jacob Sallis of Littleport, Felo de Se, 1806

Until the passing of the Suicide Act 1961, Suicide was still a criminal offence in England and until 1882 suicides had to be buried on unconsecrated ground. In the seventeenth and eighteen century, those declared to have commited felo de se (the archaic term for...

Destroyed Earthworks

Trying to identify the location of this mid-Victorian photograph, inscribed on the reverse: “A very old amateur plate taken before old Latham destroyed ancient earthworks. A valuable picture found by chance amongst some old plates”

Jack T Chick – The Last Call, 1963

I always love finding copies of Chick Tracts lying around, those brilliantly deranged small American evangelical comics full of Hellfire for Sinners, Jews and especially Catholics. If they weren’t so ABSOLUTELY NUTS they could possibly be offensive, but as it...