Wandering Through Wikipedia

Your daily dose of the weird, wonderful, historical and interesting from the greatest website in the history on the Internet!

From pop culture references to becoming pop culture itself...

I watched Pulp Fiction with my youngest son over the weekend (he's already up to this kind of movie!) and I reflected on its age, but also just how much it has resonated in pop culture...

Stephen Turner

Feb 16, 2025

Japanese legends and Valentine's history

Lots of things out there this week, have you had a wander through Wikipedia yet?

Stephen Turner

Feb 09, 2025

Batman's "wise" home and a great day in jazz

Weekly Wikipedia gems is what you need? Found some good ones this week!

Stephen Turner

Jan 31, 2025

The beautiful Maasai Mara

A large conservation park mostly in Kenya, you can find all kinds of life preserved for all the world in an ecosystem that thrives.

Stephen Turner

Jan 30, 2025

Forts for enemies, imagined and real

All around the coast of Australia, from the late 19th into the mid 20th century, we built forts for defence against enemies real and unreal...

Stephen Turner

Jan 29, 2025

The amazing things in the universe, maybe

Some of the concepts that have fuelled science fiction for decades are amazing especially when they might be true.

Stephen Turner

Jan 28, 2025

Too late for the war

The Japanese Navy built a striking and futuristic fighter jet that they never got to use. It stands out in history, and in fighting fictional monsters...

Stephen Turner