The characters of Alfred Hitchcock’s world wield an array of weapons: revolvers, rope, even cameras. Yet, as the director once noted, “A murder without gleaming scissors is like asparagus without the ...

How an ancient hand game traveled from east to west and became an unbiased way to decide everything. Plus: Can you actually hack a match? Think back to the last time you and a friend had to settle ...

British people place great importance on table manners. British children are repeatedly told by teachers and parents not to speak with food in their mouths, avoid resting their elbows on the table ...

The French and the English lined up on opposite sides of the battlefield. The drums rose and rose until they thundered in a deafening roar, at which point everyone agreed that it was actually too loud ...