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A detailed history of the Mikiphone pocket phonograph, the 1920s Swiss made portable gramophone that anticipated personal music decades before the Walkman.

Three years before Dallas, JFK came within seconds of death. A forgotten plot, a car packed with dynamite, and a decision that changed history. The chilling story of Richard Pavlick and the first assassination attempt on John F Kennedy.

In 1963, a seventeen year old from San Diego stayed awake for eleven days. Watched by doctors, reported nationwide, and debated for decades, Randy Gardner’s sleep experiment changed how we understand the human brain.

In 1915 Effie and Avis Hotchkiss rode 9,000 miles across the US and back on a Harley Davidson. Mud, heat, rattlesnakes, blanket stuffed tyres, and one unforgettable mother daughter adventure that helped shape women’s motorcycling history.

Melville’s “Moby Dick” was almost forgotten until the 1930s. Then Rockwell Kent arrived with bold black and white engravings that transformed the book into a cultural landmark. A perfect pairing across time that brought the white whale back to life.

Explore the full history of Le Monocle, the iconic Paris lesbian nightclub photographed by Brassaï. Discover its culture, key figures like Lulu de Montparnasse and Violette Morris, its wartime disappearance and its postwar revival.