Name Days
Here in the UK we don’t ‘do’ Name Days, but I’m reliably informed that in other parts of Europe they can be bigger than birthdays. You may be able to find yours here: http://www.happynameday.com/ Happy Name Day.
Tag: anniversaries
Happy Darwin Day!
Today is Darwin Day, a global celebration of science and reason which marks the anniversity of Charles Darwin’s Birth. This year is particulary special as it’s 200 years since his birth. http://www.darwinday.org/ Find out more about Charles Darwin here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin …
Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens!
Today is Charles Dickens’ birthday, and to celebrate the life of such a great writer and humanitarian, why not take the time to immerse yourself in some – or all – of his written works? http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/ You can also visit his birthplace which …
Edgar Allen Poe
For the literati out there, it is, of course, Edgar Allen Poe’s birthday. You can read about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe and his work here: http://www.online-literature.com/poe/ TOTD actually won a school prize once upon a time and given a copy of …
Happy Birthday Paddington
And whilst on the theme of anniversaries (see Friday), it is of course Paddington’s 50th birthday. He’s wearing well… http://www.paddingtonbear.com/ He has his own wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington_Bear The Times wrote about him back in May: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3881646.ece Google is celebrating with …
Happy Birthday TOTD
We’re a year old today. Trust you’ve been enjoying the last 245 postings. Here are some highlights(?) from the past year: October 2007 and a blog from Stephen Fry: http://stephenfry.com/blog/ November saw our posting which has received the largest number of …
