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On the Feast of Saint Monday
On the Feast of Saint Monday
Dreading the return of the working week is a behaviour with a long tradition. The same is true of the response. Here we observe the…
Mike Noble
Jul 30
Poetry in Stone
Poetry in Stone
An unusual sample in an electronic album leads to a trail to 15th century France and back again.
Mike Noble
Jul 23
Moeriscus Opens a Gate
Moeriscus Opens a Gate
Enduring a brutal siege proved too much for one man in ancient Sicily, and the offer to end it too tempting. All he had to do was open a…
Mike Noble
Jul 16
In The Long Now
In The Long Now
The dating of a piece of prehistoric art invites us to consider, does this belong to the past, or to a very long present?
Mike Noble
Jul 9
Swing Heil
Swing Heil
Kids have always kicked against authorities. But could they kick against authoritarians? Meet the jazz-loving swing kids of Nazi Germany
Mike Noble
Jul 2
The Light of Lost Days
The Light of Lost Days
The ‘black and white days’ have a distance that is diminished by colour. When that colour is real, the effect is like time travel.
Mike Noble
Jun 25
Put Your Ray-Gun to My Head
Put Your Ray-Gun to My Head
The technological advances of the twentieth century appeared to contemporary observers as something from science fiction. They didn’t all…
Mike Noble
Jun 18
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