- Mount Everest’s famous Hillary Step destroyed, mountaineers confirm
- Crumbs.
(tags: everest ) - Edward and Catherine Despard
- The Anglo-Irish rebel and his Jamaican wife.
(tags: race History ireland ) - What’s in a name?
- My old friend Andrew Smith: “I have the most common boys’ name of my birth year and the most common surname, so you will not be surprised I have come across many others in my time, which can cause confusion or comedy.”
(tags: names )
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I’m mostly in the same boat as the Quaker lady in the Miss link. I’d rather just get e-mails addressed to [real name] than any of my titles. I also loathe “Ms”, which apparently makes me an awkward customer 😉