Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, in the rough streets of London, a child of music-hall performers. Poverty was his earliest stage, hunger his first audience. His father, Charles Chaplin Sr., was largely absent, and his mother, Hannah Chaplin, struggled with mental health issues. Chaplin and his half-brother, Sydney, spent much of… Continue reading Life is a beautiful, magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish!