The Aegis (newspaper) The Aegis (newspaper) The Aegis is a local newspaper in Harford County, Maryland, United States. Its first issue was published on February 2, 1923. Before the Times Mirror Company, then-owners of "The Baltimore Sun", purchased "The Aegis" in 1986, it was known as "The Aegis & Intelligencer". In 1923, then-owner John D. Worthington, Sr. simplified its name to "The Aegis". The name "Aegis" originally derived from Greek mythology and is a reference to Zeus' shield, meant to "evoke protection for the interests of Harford residents" as well as the founding paper's Southern sympathies. Since 1923, "The Aegis" has gone through
The London Scene The London Scene The London Scene is a collection of essays by the English writer Virginia Woolf. The essays are an exploration of early 1930s London. The original five essays that make up "The London Scene" ("The Docks of London", "Oxford Street Tide", "Great Men's Houses", "Abbeys and Cathedrals" and "This Is the House of Commons") were originally published by "Good Housekeeping" magazine in 1931 and 1932, and published collectively by the Hogarth Press as "The London Scene" in 1975. A sixth essay, "Portrait of a Londoner," was rediscovered in 2004, and printed in "The Guardian" newspaper. It was subsequently