Jessie Wainwright’s Ark

“Weeds” by amitp is licensed under CC BY 2.0
What counts as a properly serious matter? To be more specific, what counts today as a serious topic for the historian? It is worth considering all the ways in which obscure, marginal and ‘eccentric’ practices have been rendered invisible by history. In some respects true history-making lies in asking and re-asking the question. What counts? In general, anything weird or…