Behind the Mask of Lonesome Gal, Vintage Radio’s Virtual Girlfriend
“Sweetie, no matter what anyone says, I love you better than anybody in the whole…
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Petition to Teach Kids about the Mad Adventures of Nellie Bly in History Class
When Nellie Bly got bored of writing about fashion and gardening, she went undercover as…
The Grace Mirabella Years: A Vogue Editor’s Unsung Legacy
Hailed as the most powerful woman in media, Anna Wintour has been fictionalised, caricatured and propelled into…
Art History’s Hidden Sexual Innuendo: The Weasel
Elevated to divine status, unicorns, lions, eagles and the occasional white rabbit are the loved…
Portraits of the Harlem Renaissance
Thanks to Carl Van Vechten, we have glorious colour photographs of all the leading Black…
This is a Formal Request for Wes Anderson to Make his Next Film about Vintage Caravan Culture
Today we were stumbled upon the excellent OldieCaravan.de again, a virtual museum of vintage caravan…
Before Pollock Saw Her Work, A Ukrainian Woman Pioneered Drip Painting
Here’s the myth: alcoholic brooding genius Jackson Pollock assesses a virgin canvas as it lays…
Stay at the Home of Victorian “Axe Murderess”
“Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what…
Stargazing for Aliens, not Celebrities, on the French Riviera
As it turns out, the French Riviera caters to more than a few of our favourite…
The Forgotten Elephant of the Moulin Rouge Garden Party
It turns out that Nicole Kidman’s fantastical elephant boudoir in Baz Luhrman’s 2001 motion picture, Moulin Rouge, was…
13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DCI)
1. The deliciously eccentric Carmen Tórtola Valencia A Spanish early modern dancer, choreographer, costume designer,…
Nikola Tesla told him: “Bury your Findings until Humanity is Ready”
Full disclosure, we never gave the Periodic Table much thought – it remains in our…