Into the Valley of Death Metal
The sacking of Louvain in August 1914. You would never guess it of Leuven today.
George Takei lived in an internment camp as a child.
Do climate dissenters like climate change?
Zadie Smith: Elegy for a country’s seasons.
George Monbiot: Addicted to comfort (via Then Play Long).
Fear and loathing in Glasvegas.
Adam Curtis on pop, rock and journalism.
BBC Three and the future of comedy.
Does it matter if we can’t pronounce mispronunciation?
The Titanic theme on recorder (via Mefi).
How Europeans once imagined exotic animals.
The survival of the carrot cavalry (via Mefi).