Miles Davis
Miles Davis... Where to even begin? The man didn’t just play jazz—he blew it up,…
Carnegie Hall: Velvet Seats, Pigeon Feathers, and a Ghost with Perfect Pitch
Carnegie Hall. You’d think a building so refined, so adorned in gold leaf and mahogany…
Flygskam: Grounded by Conscience
Flygskam. The word lands with the same kind of chill as an email from your…
The Chrysler Building: Steel, Spite, and Spires
The Chrysler Building... If ever there were a monument to architectural one-upmanship wrapped in shiny…
UNESCO: Saving the World Heritage
UNESCO: Saving the World Heritage might sound like the title of a superhero comic for…
Sagrada FamÃlia: The World’s Most Beautiful Construction Site
You can almost hear the symphony of drills, chisels, and bewildered tourists when you approach…
Art Deco Fever: From Pharaohs to Futurism
Art Deco fever swept across continents like a well-dressed pandemic with impeccable posture, a fondness…
Longyearbyen: The city that tried to ban death
The city that tried to ban death... Sounds like the start of a grim fairy…
Art Nouveau: The Stylish Rebellion
Art Nouveau didn't ask for permission. It waltzed in at the end of the 19th…
Pyramid scheme Las Vegas-style
Las Vegas has never really been about subtlety. This is the city that thought it…
Babouches and the Art of Moroccan Foot Flair
Morocco does a lot of things well. Tea? Poured from a scandalous height into glasses…
Break a leg! The Stories Behind Theatre’s Favourite Superstition
They said it with a straight face, standing in the wings of the theatre, half…
Polka Dot Fever: A Spotty Love Affair Through Time
Somewhere between the tail end of a psychedelic fever dream and the slightly musty aisle…
Robert Burns, Totally Unfiltered
You know the guy. Red hair, intense stare, romantic chaos trailing in his wake like…
Royal Swans in the UK: A Very British Bird Story
If you’ve ever strolled along the Thames on a misty morning and spotted a swan…
La Tomatina
Every year, thousands of people travel to the tiny Spanish town of Buñol to do…
Guy de Maupassant
There was a man who once said the Eiffel Tower was such an eyesore that…
Alcatraz to re-open
It was only a matter of time before someone tried to make Alcatraz trendy again.…
Happy Harry Potter Day!
Why is May 2 Harry Potter Day? This day was chosen as Harry Potter defeated…
St George’s Day postponed
St George's Day, April 23rd, had arrived – or so you thought. There you were,…
Social dancing: bachata, salsa and kizomba
Social dancing. It’s the secret society you never knew you needed in your life—until someone…
Easter Egg Hunt: Why Do We Hide Them?
Ah, the Easter Egg Hunt. The one time of year when perfectly rational adults encourage…
How Champagne Became a Party Drink
The unlikely rise of a drink once considered a nuisance because it exploded too often.…
Songkran: The Thai New Year
If you ever find yourself being joyfully soaked by a stranger on the street in…
The Secret Language of Hand Fans
The Victorian-era flirtation technique that turned a simple accessory into a sophisticated communication tool. Picture…
Royal Meteorological Society
Ah, the Royal Meteorological Society – or RMetS, if you're on nickname terms, which we…
Fashion Without Borders: How Global Style is Breaking the Rules
You can always tell when someone’s pretending not to try. That artfully mismatched outfit? The…