The city of London sought in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that baked the metropolis. An even more repellent force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial effluents had transformed London's lifeblood into a foul-smelling mire. The stench was overwhelming, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone and

In the heartache trenches of World War I, a remarkable story unfolded during the Christmas season of 1914. Amidst the cruelty and horror, an unprecedented pause emerged between warring factions. As the bells of Christmas chimed throughout Europe, soldiers on both sides emerged out of their trenches. A scene of astonishing brotherhood unfolded in No