Autumn in the Garden? Some thoughts on the future of this publication.
This publication may be changing. Into what, I don't yet know.
The Verge
A retro film for spooky season: “Gothic” by Ken Russell (1986).
The Frankenstein genesis legend gets a delightfully 80s-horror-film makeover in this semi-obscure classic.
Historic Photo: Outside the Yellow Palace, Mongolia, 1913.
This is what Mongolia's capital looked like over a century ago.
The story of the Vrouw Maria: The lost ship of incredible Dutch art treasures.
The ship sank in 1771, taking to the bottom crates of priceless paintings belonging to the Tsar of Russia.
Dreaming of fictional “Supercomputers” in an age of AI.
The fictional idea of a "computer that can do anything" hasn't changed. Our idea of what "anything" means has.
A film about knowledge and wonder: “The Name of the Rose” at 40.
The film based on one of my all time favorite novels was a slow burn, but I've come to love it.
Interiors: First-class smoking room of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, about 1898.
This beautiful room says a lot about the insecurity of Germany in the years before World War I.