This may interest those of you who are interested in textiles and the history of same.

I came across these rather fascinating (to me anyway) bits of information after just reading a fan fic that described Minerva McGonagall's wardrobe as consisting of 'tartan plaid'. I was listening to a bit of Scottish folk music today too, so, being in that frame ( Read more... )

Another thing I've been meaning to post for ages and keep forgetting. I found this a couple of years ago. This is a great diversion, and quite interesting and cleverly done. It's a vid of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, and the fellow who made it has linked all the images that appear with the Wikipedia page telling of that event. Really ( Read more... )