TIL that the ship from the song "Roll Northumbria" was real, but it never sank. The song is, in this fascinating little essay's terminology, alternate history.

By Alexander Wallace There are times when YouTube’s recommended videos give you gold; one of those times has led me to write this article. I am an aficionado of various anglosphere traditional music, and one day the algorithm gave me a haunting piece of music: Roll Northumbria by the Dreadnoughts: I...