Why people are flocking to experience the Titanic disaster
[ad_1] Immersive shows recreating the ocean liner’s fateful voyage are attracting audiences globally. But are they valuable historical experiences, or cynically turning tragedy into entertainment? The grand interior rooms of the Titanic are slowly…
Nationhood and Empire under Victoria Regina
[ad_1] Series: Open Knowledge Fellowship 2025 Show articles▼ Currently reading: #9: When the Queen Becomes Colonial Mother: Nationhood and Empire under Victoria Regina In 1877, when Queen Victoria (r. 1837–1901) assumed the title of Kaisar-i-Hind,…
Kaiju Go Cosmic In New Godzilla: Infinity Roar Variant Cover…
[ad_1] This February, the stars quake before the King of Monsters in Godzilla: Infinity Roar the latest crossover comic book series from Marvel Comics and Toho International. Announced at New York Comic Con, the five-issue limited series will be written…
Göbekli Tepe: The 12,000-Year-Old Ruins That Rewrite the Sto…
[ad_1] We didn’t have civilization until we had cities, and we didn’t have cities until we had agriculture. So, at least, goes a widely accepted narrative in “big history” — a narrative somewhat troubled by the discovery of ruins on…
Stranger Things Illustrates the Bible’s Vision of Spiritual …
[ad_1] Stranger Things’ fifth and final season is finally here! As I rewatched the show, I was struck by how profoundly it illustrates the biblical story of a spiritual battle that takes place in a realm beyond our senses and yet, right in our very…
The 25 best books of 2025
[ad_1] Stag Dance by Torrey Peters The follow-up to Torrey Peters’ critically acclaimed debut Detransition, Baby is a collection of tales, each with an intriguing premise, ranging in genre from romantic to dystopian to historical. In The Masker, a…
Looking at Colonial Photographs : Memory, Posture, & Place
[ad_1] Series: Open Knowledge Fellowship 2025 Show articles▼ Have archival photographs ever looked back at you? Dragged you into its frames? Made you pause not just to see, but to feel, to guess, to remember, or to imagine? There is a strange alchemy…
Good Time Society Kicks Off New ‘Blood On The Clocktower Ser…
[ad_1] This week, Good Time Society released the first episode of Good Time On The Clocktower, their eight-part Blood on the Clocktower series. The show, starring a huge cast of comedians and performers, pits players against each other in a twisted game…
How Frank Gehry (RIP) and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Chang…
[ad_1] It felt, for quite some time there, like the age of Frank Gehry would never end. But now that the latest defining figure of American architecture — or technically, Canadian-American architecture — has died at the age of 96, the…
The Shepherd and the Wolf: Wake Up Dead Man Asks Us to Face …
[ad_1] Fans of the beloved Knives Out film franchise will not be surprised to see detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) make a dramatic entrance at a crucial point in its latest installment, Wake Up Dead Man. They may, however, be surprised to see him…