Category: History
Could We Learn to Love Wind Turbines as We Did the Windmills?
Stephen Case at Aeon: Today’s modern wind turbines seem to repel poetic or artistic engagement….
Oldest Living Culture: New Research Shows an Indigenous Ritual Passed Down for 500 Generations
From The Conversation: We often hear that Aboriginal peoples have been in Australia for 65,000…
Dan Carlin on Podcasting, History, and Hero Worship
Nick Gillespie at Reason: In March, Reason‘s Nick Gillespie talked with one of the great…
Sabina Suey: The Valencian Postwoman Who Hid the Holy Grail in Her Sofa
When the Spanish Civil War broke out, everyone from Spanish revolutionaries to M.I.6 agents wanted…
The Medieval World [Interactive Map]
by OUP History: The study of the Middle Ages is expanding. With new locales and…
If You Worry About Climate Change Damages You Should Listen to Just Stop Oil
Sarah Kerr at The Conversation: Climate activists Just Stop Oil launched a protest at Stonehenge,…
J. P. Mallory: Indo-Europeans Found?
Razib Khan at Razib Khan’s Unsupervised Learning: J. P. Mallory, discusses his reaction to the…
Ancient Genomes Reveal Which Children the Maya Selected For Sacrifice
By Freda Kreier at The New York Times: In the spring of 1967, workers building…
Susannah’s Grandad Ran Bengal When Famine Killed Millions
Kavita Puri at the BBC: “I feel enormous shame about what happened,” Susannah Herbert tells…
Shikarpur’s Balconies and Brackets
by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro at Youlin Magazine: I have been documenting Shikarpur’s cultural heritage since…
Tomiwa Owolade: My New York Intellectuals
Leonard Benardo‘s note at Ideas Letter: The New York Intellectuals were a hallowed group of…
What We Can Learn From the Decadent Movement
by Kate Hext at Aeon: At its most extreme, Decadence is a reckless pursuit of…