Articles by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

That tradition of finding partners in the face of social isolation persists today.

One devoted Englishman accumulated hundreds of historic baby carriages.

In 1815, thousands of people came to watch George Wilson, the "Blackheath Pedestrian," walk 1,000 miles.

How the traveling body parts of saints get through customs.

F. Percy Smith made flies dance, ants battle, and flowers bloom.

Why are there little green huts all over London? To keep cabbies from being wet or drunk.

Dr. Joseph Rhine believed that psychic powers could be studied—and that he had the tools to do it.

The "God Helmet" has its detractors as well as fans.

Celebrity, scandal, tell-all books, palace intrigue, political protest and more.

Across civilizations and cultures, encased meat has been a human staple.

Why bars in former toilets should be a call to arms in the battle for public loos.

Why a niche 18th century literary genre still has meaning today.

The American Revolution looks easy compared to the problem of grey squirrels.

The fact that the Bard's work is so open to interpretation means it can endure.

Its founders have spent weekends re-enacting American frontier life for over 30 years.

The very English tradition of the British and World Marbles Championships.