As I descended a spiral of stone steps in a medieval Scottish building, I didn’t pay attention to the fact that, coming down, the metal handrail was on the left and the stairs curved to the right.

United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition. 1876 Official Catalogue. Part II. Art Gallery, Annexes, and Out-Door Works of Art. Department IV.--Art. Sixth and Revised Edition.

Little-known and remarkable facts about John Knox’s life and times. John Knox is famous for his preaching: by it he instigated a religious revolution in Scotland, and when the Protestants became ...