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Few figures loom as defiantly or as colourfully in the history of music as Fela Anikulapo Kuti. His name evokes not just a sound, but a...

When you think of Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World , The Doors of Perception , and one of the most articulate advocates for...

In the golden era of French coachbuilding, when cars were as much objets d’art as they were machines, one creation stood above the rest...

Zorita was more than a performer. She was an emblem of the rebellious, sensuous, and often subversive energy that defined American...

In the quiet suburbs of St Petersburg, the image of a shawl-wrapped babushka rarely raises suspicion. Yet behind the door of one...

Most people know Daryl Davis as a talented blues pianist who has played with legends like Chuck Berry and B B King. But off stage, Davis...

In 1996, climber Beck Weathers was left for dead during the Everest disaster, only to stagger back to camp against all odds. Discover his incredible survival, the tragedy around him, and how his story became legend.

This series reunites vintage album covers with the locations where their original photos were taken. Photographed by Alex Bartsch , the...

In the sweltering summer of 1945, as the embers of World War II cooled and the ruins of Europe still smouldered, a quiet convoy wound its...

Picture this: you’re curled up on the sofa after a long day, nursing a bar of chocolate like it’s the last form of pleasure available to...

Note: This article discusses historical medical events involving gender identity and trauma. It is intended for educational purposes and...

They tore through the streets of Mayfair in gleaming motorcars, flung pearls around their necks like confetti, and threw parties so...

The year is 1988 and the Iron Curtain is slowly crumbling. The Soviet Union, a nation long known for its austere ideology and strict...

While the grim history of capital punishment is filled with clinical efficiency and tragic inevitability there are also rare and strange...

Dylan and his entougrage across the street from the Delmonico Hotel, on Park Ave. and 59th Street, where the Beatles were staying when...

Between 1870 and 1910, a rather curious and creative tradition emerged at the University of Tartu in what is now Estonia. Known as...

On 29 April 1863, in San Francisco, California, William Randolph Hearst was born into a world already steeped in ambition, fortune, and...

In the roaring tide of Prohibition, when the United States tried to legislate temperance and wound up inspiring a decade-long national...

If you could step back in time and sip whisky to the beat of a double bass, Copenhagen’s Storyville Club in 1957 would be the place to...

Tucked into the corners of busy train stations, bustling department stores, and lively seaside piers, photo booths once offered a little...

Of all the ways to start your career in music, having a future legend turn up at your parents’ doorstep isn’t the usual path. But that’s...

Diane Arbus had a way of seeing people that most others overlooked. Through her lens, the outsiders and the unusual figures of New York...

Discover Belles Lettres: The Naked Alphabet (1971), a daring typographic project by Anthon Beeke and collaborators, first published in Avant Garde magazine. A provocative blend of art, photography, and design history.

Long before CGI explosions and green screens, Buster Keaton was flinging himself off buildings, leaping onto moving trains, and surviving...