Meet Mrs. Madge Gill: The Outsider Artist Who Painted through the Spirit World
“Mediumistic Art.” It’s something we’d never heard of, until we uncovered the mysterious world of…
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Digging for Treasure (and Love) in New York City
Their’s is a love of strange and beautiful proportion. The kind measured in porcelain, peanut-sized…
What you can find Mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore in London
A few years ago, a worldly friend who’s always in the know posted something to…
The Chinese Village of Long-Haired Rapunzels
In 2023, the global shampoo market had an estimated value of $32 billion. But deep…
The Mystery of History’s Only Female Pope
According to popular legend, there was once a female Pope – Pope Joan, who reigned…
The Forgotten Houseboat Hotels of Kashmir
There was a time when these floating hotels that have rested on the lakes of…
These Overlooked Fashion Icons were More than Just Pretty Faces
Remember the supermodel-celebrities of the nineties, the ones who wouldn’t get out of bed for…
I’m with the Band (and their Private Jet)
”If you were operating at the top echelon of the record business, you had to…
Girl Gangs of New York and the Godmother of Gotham Crime
If you were a late 19th century sex worker, shoplifter, gangster, confidence artist, or petty…
Meet the Artist Who Pivoted from Kids’ Books to Erotica
Most artists go through eras of experimentation in their work. Be it a phase of…
The Guy That Built His House in a Sports Stadium
Even the most expensive VIP box seat at the Superbowl has nothing on this. Rewind…
You know Josephine Baker, but what about the Forgotten Senegalese Star of the Parisian Stage?
François ‘Féral’ Benga glances at us from black-and-white photographs, immortalised in a sculptural pose, large…