The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States of America. In 1782, the Continental Congress adopted the design for the Great Seal of the United States depicting a bald eagle grasping 13 arrows and an olive branch with its talons. It appears on most official seals of the U.S. government, i

London has a history dating back over 2000 years. It has experienced plague, fire, civil war, aerial bombardment, terrorist attacks and Boris Johnson. The City of London is its historic core, which represents a very small part of the London metropolitan area. Geoffrey of Monmouth affirms in his “His

A bagel, traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring from yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked. As a result, it is dense and chewy inside and browned and sometimes crispy outside. Bagels are often topped with seeds baked on the ou

Donkeyskin is a French literary fairytale written in verse by Charles Perrault. First published in 1695, it was republished two years later in his “Histoires ou contes du temps passé”. Like many of Perrault’s fairytales, its metaphorical significance is still quite valid in modern times and is both