When I was a kid, I remember being traumatized by an especially violent version of Grimm’s Fairy Tales that we had on our shelf. Deep dark forests, child-eating wolves, ogres, giants, witches, and trolls (most of whom were also child-eating).… Read More
Nowadays, subdued colors are considered proper business attire, especially for men. But to people of the Renaissance, muted, earthy shades were the colors of poverty. Noblemen, princes and high church officials wore bright colors. The brighter the color you were… Read More
Since ancient times, salt has always been highly valuable. Roman soldiers were paid at certain times with salt—their salarium—from which we get the word “salary.”