Unfairly maligned by critics, the third edition of the Matrix series is the true heir to cyberpunk and a tonic to the cold sheen of Holywood Sci-Fi.
Brocade paper is the seventeenth-century German invention which still has the power to dazzle.
Ancient criticisms of over-educated elitists can show us how to heal our divided democracies.
Overlooked in his own lifetime, Giles Gilbert Scott’s architectural skill in uniting the past and the present make his buildings unforgettable.
Sophie Scholl paid the ultimate price for her defiance of Nazi evil. The actions of her and her compatriots are remembered to this day.
The histories of R.J. Unstead brought the past to life for millions of school children. His name and his story-telling talents deserve reviving.
Early twentieth-century poet Edna St Vincent Millay’s laconic verse is an antidote to modern pop’s cult of heartbreak.
Was it a crown or a ship that inspired the ancient inventor’s discovery?
The early pioneers of AI music were derided and feared. Does it deserve a revival?
Within this international drink is a microcosm of all the movements and ambitions and exchanges of mankind.
What connects a cannabis plant with the French Revolution? The little Italian town of Carmagnola – where the manufacture of cannabis hemp became local myth and an international phenomenon.
Today’s free thinkers, frustrated by censorship from above and below, would do well to remember the ways of Machiavelli.
The summer solstice celebrations are not simply pagan fancies. They embody the centuries-old spirit of the season.
Any trip to Turin would be incomplete without a visit to Palazzo Madama, a treasure trove of Renaissance art and mysterious relics.
George Lucas’ space epic is the morality tale for our age.
Classicists have finally worked out an identity for Catullus’s lover Lesbia we can all believe in – Clodia Pulchra, wife of Pompey Junior.
The quaint university town is where ancient heritage meets the future.
London’s plaques are testament to its status as a city of exiles.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s push to ‘green’ Paris is turning one of the world’s most beautiful cities into an urban wasteland.
Sweden’s social democrats dominated politics for half a century. But continuous power bred arrogance, ideology and eventual economic stagnation.
The crisis of meritocracy is a crisis of dignity. We need to find new ways to value what people are good at.
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