Eiffel Tower to gain symmetry with addition of women’s names Women will join men in being honored on the Paris icon. The inspiration for the gender parity came from student and Eiffel Tower tour guide…
The Pope Who Allegedly Made a Deal With the Devil A curious legend surrounds Pope Sylvester II and his supposed deal with the devil. What does this legend say, and where did it come from? https://www.…
Our latest newsletter listed a selection of this March’s notable and interesting titles. Among them, we can highlight "1066 and All That" by Walter Carruthers Sellar and Robert Julian Yeatman. It's a …
You might consent to your data being used to prevent societal harm, but who decides where that line is drawn? 🤔⚖️ Aram Sinnreich & Jesse Gilbert explore the hidden ethics of data collection, facial rec…
"And they talked about the mediocrity of provincial life, so suffocating, so fatal to all noble dreams." Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert was published #OTD in 1857. It tells the story of Emma, a doc…
How Many Workers Built a Medieval Cathedral? How many workers did it really take to build a medieval cathedral? Evidence from Girona Cathedral suggests the answer was far fewer than most people would …
The Importance of Being Idle What Paul Lafargue taught us about work By Robert Zaretsky https://theamericanscholar.org/the-importance-of-being-idle/ Lafarque at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/au…
Learning to Live With Invidia: What Petrarch Has To Teach Us About Envy Peter Jones on the Ways We Can Apply Medieval Philosophy to Our Modern Lives https://lithub.com/learning-to-live-with-invidia-wh…
Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy Tales of love and adventure from 1,000 years ago reveal a dazzling range of now-extinct English pronouns. They capture something unique …
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, BRATS (1930) 👶👦 🏠 This gimmick comedy short utilized both normal-scale and oversized sets, letting Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy appear as both adults and their precocious…
📢 A growing coalition for digital memory rights! 🌍 At @internetarchiveeurope, new signatories @HMML & the After Violence Project have joined the “Statement on Digital Rights,” supporting a global push…
🎶 Create Songs from the Commons! 🎶 WNYC’s Simon Close shares how the Public Song Project invites anyone (yes, YOU) to transform #publicdomain poems, books, music, and more into original songs with no …
100+ journalists, including Cory Doctorow, Rachel Maddow, Ellen Nakashima, Ashley Belanger, Kat Tenbarge, Stu Neatby, Michael Alex, Laura Flynn, Zara Stone, and many more, back the Internet Archive’s …
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read James Joyce was a leading modernist and defining 20th-century writer. These essential books still shape how we read novels today. by Catherine Dent https://…
6 Inspirational Women Who Redefined Art History Patrons, muses, and artists—take a look at six inspirational women in the history of art. by Anastasiia Kirpalov https://www.thecollector.com/inspiratio…
What happens when seniors can't find safe, stable housing? The documentary "No Place to Grow Old" tells that story. Free screening & discussion with a panel of local advocates about what we can do abo…
🌙 “Moonlight” by Devon Press is a composition built on the chords of Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was a winner in the 2025 #WNYC Public Song Project. The piece transforms Beethoven’s w…
Historical Figures Who Lived at the Same Time (But Feel Like They Didn’t) These surprising overlaps between famous figures make history feel closer—and more out of order—than you’d expect. BY Nitya Ra…
5 Famous Operas Based on Greek Mythology Composers throughout history have taken inspiration for their now-famous operas from the enchanting stories of ancient Greek mythology. by Jane Fitzpatrick (fr…
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