12 of the best TV shows to watch this January
[ad_1] The Beauty premieres 21 January on Hulu in the US and 22 January on Disney+ in the UK Apple TV 11. Shrinking With Harrison Ford as its droll standout, this sophisticated comedy has one of the best ensemble casts on television, along with the rare…
Reading Alfred Hugh Fisher’s Photographs of South India: an …
[ad_1] Series: Open Knowledge Fellowship 2025 Show articles▼ Currently reading: #5: Reading Alfred Hugh Fisher’s Photographs of South India: an Adventure to Meet Tambusami What’s your go to method when you want to see what a place looks like before you…
‘The Housemaid’ Knows How to Have a Trashy Good Time
[ad_1] There’s a kind of movie that must straddle the fine line between art and trash in order to obtain its goals. It requires an understanding of both the material and the style in which it is presented by all involved. In other words, high camp. Which…
Salvador Dalí’s Surreal Jewelry Designs: From Throbbing Hear…
[ad_1] Upon hearing the name of Salvador Dalí, even a total layman in the art world is bound to get visions of melting clocks. Surprisingly, for an artist who showed so much self-marketing savvy, Dalí never brought an actual timepiece in that…
Capra, Dickens, and Milton on Christmas Redemption
[ad_1] I’ve often wondered what became of George Bailey. Does he remain a changed man as his living room empties, and his troubles leave the proximity of his neighbors’ minds? As Christmas ends and he returns to work an inherited job in a town he never…
The Salt Path and 2025’s most scandalous books
[ad_1] Getty ImagesVirginia Giuffre’s powerful posthumous autobiography Nobody’s Girl detailed her sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his circle (Credit: Getty Images) But 2025 was also a year when memoirs attracted attention…
Can Ancient Indian Aesthetic Theory Guide Our Engagement wit…
[ad_1] Series: Open Knowledge Fellowship 2025 Show articles▼ Currently reading: #8: Digital Rasa: Can Ancient Indian Aesthetic Theory Guide Our Engagement with Manuscripts and Photographs online? You’ve tapped a link and arrived here. As you scroll,…
Fallout Hits the Road to New Vegas
[ad_1] Fallout is finally back for its second season, with a season 2 premiere that links somewhat seamlessly as a continuation of season 1. After a lengthy six-minute recap, “The Innovator” jumps right into its events with the expectation that you know…
Hunter S. Thompson Sets His Christmas Tree on Fire, Nearly B…
[ad_1] It was something of a Christmas ritual at Hunter S. Thompson’s Colorado cabin, Owl Farm. Every year, his secretary Deborah Fuller would take down the Christmas tree and leave it on the front porch rather than dispose of it entirely.…
Invisible Rabbits and Holy Fools: Celebrating Harvey’s 75th …
[ad_1] What could be sweeter or more wholesome than the story of a man who’s best friends with a 6-foot-3 1/2-inch rabbit? Henry Koster’s film Harvey, based on Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, turns 75 this month, and for those 75 years, it’s…