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When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien “Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality” (1961)
about 2 hours ago
When J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books appeared in the mid-1950s...
How John Coltrane Introduced the World to His Radical Sound with His Recording of “My Favorite Things” (1961)
about 3 hours ago
John Coltrane released “more significant works” than his 1960 “My Favorite Things,”...
Why The Founding Fathers Were Obsessed with This Muslim Ruler
1 day ago
The writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America...
Nearly 50 Years Later, WKRP in Cincinnati Becomes a Real Radio Station
1 day ago
It took nearly 50 years. WKRP in Cincinnati is no longer just...
How a Volcanic Eruption Helped Unleash the Black Death in Europe in 1347
4 days ago
The flap of a butterfly’s wings on one side of the world...
Buckminster Fuller Creates an Animated Visualization of Human Population Growth from 1000 B.C.E. to 1965
5 days ago
Sit back, relax, put on some music (I’ve found Chopin’s Nocturne in...
How Yasujirō Ozu Learned to Use Color in His Masterful Films: A New Every Frame a Painting Video Essay
5 days ago
Yasujirō Ozu was born in 1903, and made films from the late...
1,000 Years of Medieval European History in 20 Minutes
6 days ago
More than a few medievalists object to the term “Dark Ages” as...
Confidence: The Cartoon That Helped America Get Through the Great Depression (1933)
6 days ago
No more bummin’, let’s all get to work… Actually, hold up a...
Why Ancient Egyptian Honey Remains Edible After 3,000 Years
7 days ago
The global bee population comes up in the news every now and...
When Francis Bacon Shocked the Art World: Viewers Were Horrified by His Paintings, But Couldn’t Look Away
7 days ago
A difficult childhood and adolescence, saturated with the feeling of being an...
You Can Have Your Ashes Turned Into a Playable Vinyl Record, When Your Day Comes
8 days ago
Even in death we are only limited by our imagination in how...