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...troi at y dystiolaeth ddiweddaraf yn golygu bod ei gasgliad yn wir. Hyd yn oed os mai chi sy'n troi at y dystiolaeth. Mae dehongli tystiolaeth yn anodd iawn – mae angen mwy na dim ond y sgiliau rwyf wedi eu trafod – ac mae'n bwysig bod yn agored i ddehongliadau eraill. Mae hyd yn oed y gwirionedd am 'yr hyn y mae'r dystiolaeth yn ei ddangos' yn amrywio. Mae pobl yn...

...les-Bains, France, in 1918] Victims of the Spanish flu at a U.S. Army Camp Hospital in Aix-les-Bains, France, in 1918 The 1918 influenza pandemic (also called ‘Spanish flu’) infected 500 million people around the world and resulted in the deaths of three to five percent of the world’s population. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history....

...Le Corbusier, had, with his Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles, signalled a new approach to social housing: relatively low-rise blocks, packed with amenities. Park Hill is one of the most spectacular examples of new approaches to communal living in post-war Britain. Consisting of 995 dwellings, and housing over two thousand people, it occupies an entire hill overlooking...

...he mentions the Fall of Troy (Ilium), with the traditional date being 1250 BC: Book 1 Ch. 5 'These are the stories of the Persians and the Phoenicians. For my part, I shall not say that this or that story is true, but I shall identify the one who I myself know did the Greeks unjust deeds, and thus proceed with my history, and speak of small and great cities of men alike.'...

...Troy. (Think O Brother Where Art Thou or Big Fish for recent cinematic takes on this famous adventure and its flawed but tenacious protagonist.) Myths about luckless mortals metamorphosed into something monstrous or facing amorous gods in larger than life and outlandish forms permeate the many myths Ovid, the famous poet of Rome, wove into his epic work. (Ovid’s...