Pieter Bruegel the Elder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
OldTrout 2017
The Coventry Carol
Pieter Bruegel the Elder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Pieter Bruegel the Elder [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Arts
The Holly and the Ivy
The words of the carol occur in three broadsides published in Birmingham in the early nineteenth century. An early mention of the carol’s title occurs in William Hone’s 1823 work Ancient Mysteries Described, which includes [more…]
Arts
St. Puffin’s End of Term Report
Report to the Governors of Saint Puffin’s School for Disorderly Children. The Autumn Term is always a busy time, here at St. Puffin’s. The election of Head Boy having taken much of our attention in [more…]
18th Century
Sophie Germain Primes and Cunningham Chains
A Sophie Germain prime is a prime number such that is also a prime number. That is, , where and are both prime. For example, . The sequence begins Sophie Germain () explored these primes [more…]