Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 5 July 2021

  • Scugdale – home of the Yorkshire Giant

    Scugdale – home of the Yorkshire Giant

    Today is the birthday of one-time newspaper editor, politician, purveyor of celebrated hoaxes, promotor of a blend of fake and real, who is widely credited with coining the adage “There’s a sucker born every minute”. His dubious business practices crossed the border into the unscrupulous, and his name lives on in film and legend. He…