Human Interest Gallery

Awful Changes

A cartoon, published in 1830, 28 years before Darwin's Origin Of Species, lampooning theories of evolution. Entitled Awful Changes, it depicts an Ichthyosaurus giving a lecture on a human skull, descibing how its characteristics indicate that man was of the lower order of animals'. He continues: The teeth are very insignificant, the power of the jaws trifling, and altogether it seems wonderful how the creature could have procured food'. Drawn and engraved by H.T. de la Beche (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Ostrog Monastery, Montenegro

The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog (Sveti Vasilije OstroA¡ki), who is buried here. Ostrog monastery is the most popular pilgrimage place in Montenegro

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Church Sheep

6th August 1955: Sheep huddle in the doorway of the Abbey on the tiny island of Iona, famous for its connection with St Columba who founded a community on Iona after he was expelled from Ireland. The Abbey, which fell into disrepair after the Reformation, is being rebuilt by craftsmen and ministers of the Iona Community. The Iona Community is a Christian settlement run by a group of Scottish ministers who offer religion to factory workers and people living in the poorer areas of Glasgow. Their head office is in the city but they all visit Iona for three months of the year to train new recruits and gather people together for a Christian camp. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7915 - Iona Belongs To Glasgow - pub. 1955 (Photo by Maurice Ambler/Picture Post/Getty Images)