Interesting Facts

A new Beatrix Potter story has been discovered. (It's called The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots, and features Potter favourite, Peter Rabbit.  It should be published in September 2016, over 72 years since her death.  Unfortunately Ms Potter had only completed one drawing, so the book will be illustrated by Quentin Blake.)

Peter Mark Roget, was a British physician and lexicographer. He published the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Roget’s Thesaurus) in 1852. (Seemingly he was a bit OCD, and was obsessed with list-making from an early age. His work on the thesaurus arose partly from his attempt to battle depression. The students of the world salute you Mr Roget.)