“Where the hell are the parachutes?” demanded Miller as he claimed into the airplane. “What’s the matter, Miller,” mocked his companion, Col. Don Baesell. “Do you want to live forever?”..The door slammed shut, and the Norseman taxied down the runway and took off into the fog..These were the last recorded moments of Miller’s life. The Norseman never arrived.

Some strange sex related studies seem to be in the offing at the moment. Here are three of the most intriguing ones I’ve found in the national press here in the UK over the last few days.

Throughout History There Have Been Many Love Affairs Whether in Life Litrature or Mythology Most of Them Tinged With Tragedy.

In the early 20th century Eleanor Mitchell, a young Lancashire girl from a travelling-fair family, was sent to a secretarial college by her mother to learn a useful skill.
Her story is one of stoicism, determination and diligence.

So, how did the famous Eiffel Tower get there? Read on to find out…

After taking just one more slug of brandy Hemingway fell asleep and sank back into the Paris of 1925…

James Douglas (Jim) Morrison is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in eastern Paris. Since the early 90s, a flat stone placed on his grave by his father George Stephen which bears the Greek inscription (transcribed here into Roman lettering) “KATA TON DAIMONA EAYTOY”. But which is the true meaning of the phrase?

Ernest Hemingway wanted to be the first American in Paris. Others had the same idea…

“…it was a drinking fest that would have destroyed the constitution of a normal man.” -Col.Bruce, OSS.

With General George Patton and his 3rd Army on the outskirts of Paris the last thing he wants to hear is that Ernest Hemingway has his own private army.