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Why the search for the Loch Ness monster (and other beasts) continues 90 years after that first blurry photograph

Why the search for the Loch Ness monster (and other beasts) continues 90 years after that first blurry photograph: Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday in 1933. His amble was disrupted when he saw something bobbing above the water two or three feet from …

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How a photograph uncovered my grandmother’s republican activism during the Irish revolution

How a photograph uncovered my grandmother’s republican activism during the Irish revolution: The executive of Cumann na mBan in February, 1922. The author's grandmother can be seen on the second row, third from the right. UCD/Sighle Humphreys archives The memories I have of my paternal grandmother, Máirín Beaumont, mostly involve sweets. She lived with me …

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Capturing the Soweto Uprising: South Africa’s most iconic photograph lives on

Capturing the Soweto Uprising: South Africa’s most iconic photograph lives on: Artist Johannes Phokela's ceramic memorial wall. Ruth Simbao Sam Nzima, the photographer who captured the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto Uprising passed awayon May 12, 2018. The photograph was one of six frames showing Mbuyisa Makhubu carrying 12-year-old Hector Pieterson who was shot …

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