A Case for Collecting Agatha Christie Cover Art
Agatha Christie has outsold Stephen King and J.K Rowling combined by about 2 billion books.…
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A Crash-course in French Yé-Yé Pop Culture
While the Beatles were singing “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah” in England, continental Europe…
Travel like Wes Anderson on the Real Darjeeling Limited Railway
It was arguably the tea that put Darjeeling on the world map, but for me,…
Hitchcock’s Haunted House Party
Who better to kick off our Halloween weekend celebrations with than the master of horror…
You’ve probably Never Heard of the Most Fascinating Woman of the Belle Epoque
Corsets could be blamed (among many things) for preventing a lot of women throughout history…
Fitzgerald’s First Love: Literary Muse or Victim of Plagiarism?
Like her mother and grandmother before her, Ginevre King was named after Leonardo Da Vinci’s…
The Weird and Wonderful Wheels of Jay Ohrberg
He has designed the “Ghostbusters” ambulance car, the “Knight Rider” car, the RoboCop car, the…
Let’s Talk about Black Princesses
“Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourself in a way that others might…
Searching for Georges Méliès in Paris
Georges Méliès was an illusionist, in every sense of the word; a man who revolutionised…
Before Jazz, Ragtime gave us America’s First Music Stars
You know the sound of ragtime even if you don’t think you do. “The Entertainer“,…
The Lost Broadway Musical Starring Muhammad Ali
From the boxing ring to the lights of Broadway, Muhammad Ali’s brief career in musical…
A Brief Compendium of Modernist Homes for Movie Villains with Flawless Taste
Why is it that the bad guy always inhabits an incredible spread? It seems every…