20 Mar /13

Badminton

You might expect a blog entry about badminton to describe all of the sport’s history and rules of play, but it’s really far more interesting than that.Continue reading Badminton

19 Mar /13

Procrustean

In Greek mythology, Procrustes was a bandit who forced his victims to lie in an undersized bed and subsequently cut off all the parts that did not fit.

15 Mar /13

Yale

Yale – as in the lock – dates back to Linus Yale who invented various locks in the mid-1800s and would subsequently go on to set up a company to market the products.