On this day…

… in 1941, James Joyce died in Zurich, at the age of 59. Thanks to Pete for the reminder.

Still more from the you-couldn’t-make-it-up department

BBC photograph

In the month in which the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is commemorated, Prince Harry — third in line to the British throne — is photographed wearing a Nazi uniform (complete with swastika armband) at a fancy-dress party.