Stormy Days

In all the kerfuffle and hullabaloo over 'Stormy Gate' in the USA, many of Donald Trumps supporters have completely lost the point of (all) the charges Trump faces.

New York Post Headline 2018 Trumps Love Child

Its not that a doorman, who alleged that Trump has a "love child" was paid $30,000 by the National Enquirer (a US tabloid whose then publisher David Pecker, was/is a long-time ally of Mr Trump), for an exclusive, and then didn't print the story, so squashing it.

On The Winds Of Time

The imposing granite Courtoy mausoleum in Brompton Cemetery ....

Courtoy Mausoleum In Brompton Cemetery

..... is the last resting place of Hannah Courtoy (b.Hannah Peters), who died in 1849 aged 55, and two of her daughters who never married. She was rumoured to be a mysterious society woman of great wealth, and possibly a royal mistress ... hence the great tomb. She never married, but had three daughters (only one of who married), and inherited a fortune in a much disputed will, from a rich merchant named John Courtoy, whose name she apparently took. 

The Naming Of Things

Why things are named just so, can, for food and drinks be a social history lesson, as they often carry names linked to the then famous, and now not so famous people of that era ..... nothing brings home the fleeting nature of fame, than the fact that many of these foods or drinks have out lived the fame of those they were named after, or in one famous case, denied they were ever named after.
 

The 'Baby Ruth' ... Not Named After Who You Think.

Here's a few I thought of, but there are no doubt countless others .... many even more obscure than these.