Jimmy Page Tells the Story of “Kashmir”
One of the most original and distinctive songs Led Zeppelin ever recorded was the exotic, eight-and-a-half minute "Kashmir," from the...
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1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place.
A century ago, one section of Vienna played host to Adolf Hitler, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Tito, Sigmund Freud and Joseph Stalin. In January...
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AC/DC Plays a Short Gig at CBGB in 1977: Played on Punk’s Hallowed Grounds
Punk rock and heavy metal were two genres that evolved over the ‘70s, but seemed to run parallel to each other, despite sharing common...
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When The Beatles Played A Gig And Only 18 People Showed Up.
In December 1961, Sam Leach landed his musician friends from Liverpool a series of gigs at the Palais Ballroom in Aldershot, Hampshire....
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The Bonkers Lives of Roman Athletes
Mosaic depicting a charioteer and horse from the Russata (Red) faction, 3rd century AD Athletes are justifiably pleased if they earn...
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How Brian Wilson Lost His Mind And Created Brilliance
Imagine Olly Murs going into the studio for a year, only to produce an album of Mongolian throat singing. Or Katy Perry dropping an album...
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Irena Sendler -The woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children during WW2
Irena Sendler is credited with having saved the lives of some 2,500 Jewish children in the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War. By...
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Surreal Animated Photos and Artworks by Nicolas Monterrat
Illustrator and animator Nicolas Monterrat has brought his wild imagination to historical photographs and artworks that he sets in motion...
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The First Photographs of Snowflakes: Microphotography of Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley.
What kind of a blighted society turns the word “snowflake” into an insult?, I sometimes catch myself thinking, but then again, I’ve never...
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Shane MacGowan is one of the greatest writers of modern times. Exhibit A: The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
Cuchulainn was a powerful leader in Irish mythology. He is the central figure in the "Ulster Cycle" of poems which is roughly the Irish...
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Chanel No 5: How The Perfume Came To Be.
In 1921, an outrageously clever French businesswoman and belle of the Parisian social elite created a scent that revolutionised the way...
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Motown: The Sound That Changed America
Above the front windows of Motown Records' Detroit headquarters was a sign that read "Hitsville U.S.A." Placed there by Motown founder...
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13 Outlines of Various Countries – Funny Maps From The 1860s
Geographical fun: being humorous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines is a 1860s book compiled by...
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How Leonard Cohen & David Bowie Faced Death Through Their Art: A Look at Their Final Albums
When Leonard Cohen released You Want it Darker in late 2016, some suspected that it would be his last album. When the 82-year-old...
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363 Days Of Tea: Ruby Silvious Paints Beautiful Pictures On Old Tea Bags
“Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal” - Kakuzō Okakura New York-based...
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Goldeneye: A Persuasive Account Of Ian Fleming's Jamaica
In July 1943, a young naval commander named Ian Fleming, the assistant to the director of British naval intelligence, was dispatched to a...
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A Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of Ellis Island’s Abandoned Hospital
Inside one of the most famous monuments in the world is a bronze plaque that reads, in part, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled...
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19-Year-Old Student Uses Early Spy Camera to Take Candid Street Photos (Circa 1895)
We are generally accustomed to thinking of 19th century photography as quite static and rigid, and for much of its early history,...
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In 1987, Heineken Tried to Convince Beer Drinkers That Corona Was Actually Urine
AFTER A LONG DAY AT work, there’s nothing better than sitting down at a bar and enjoying a nice, foamy bottle of yellow liquid previously...
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What Soldiers Carried To Battle Through The Ages
Societies have been warring with each other since ancient times. Weapons were probably the first tools humans built, first to hunt...
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W.B. Yeats Reads Four of His Poems In The 1930s
The great Irish poet William Butler Yeats was born on this day in 1865. To mark the date have a listen to a series of recordings he made...
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Letterhead Designs Well Known People Used Throughout History
We’ve all seen letterheads before—the text and design at the top of a letter—but we rarely stop to think about it. This roundup of famous...
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19th Century Atlas Visualises the Expansion of Geographical Knowledge Over 4000 Years
The age of the “universal history” has come and gone. The genre flourished in times when it seemed possible to assume a vantage point...
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