“And then cannibalism ensued.” My guide around the mighty Château Gaillard in Normandy delivered this line with commendable insouciance. To be fair, there was so much violence in his recounting of the history of Richard the Lionheart’s castle up to that point that villagers eating each other while trapped in …
Read More »Groups mobilise to help underweight beluga whale in Seine River
The species, usually found in Arctic waters, had made its way up the waterway and reached a lock some 70km from the French capital, Paris. Officials in France say they are worried about the health of an apparently underweight beluga whale that swam up the Seine river. The protected species, …
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