4th of July, 2010— Dunghills From Diamonds? Click to enlarge John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence depicts the drafting committee presenting their work to the Congress.

Comb-makers were associated in some texts with 'bad breath, dogs and dunghills'. "The reference to the comb-maker is interesting," Dr O'Sullivan said.

In the latest column by Discover History's Paul Harding on Worcestershire's past, he tells how Queen Elizabeth 1 visited the city - and why that meant a clean-up operation for local residents.

From his early education to the end of his life Thomas Jefferson’s materialism played an essential role in his understanding of Christianity and his hopes for its eventual reform. Jefferson regarded ...