Carol A. Grissom Senior Objects Conservator, Museum Conservation Institute Queen Victoria’s reign over the British Empire was marked by expanded industrialization and a profusion of ornament, as seen in the women’s fashions of the time, featuring gloves and fans and […]
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
Desperate to be seen as cool and not a relic of an earlier age in 70s America, Sammy gets into porn and drugs. A Rat Pack reunion gives him renewed purpose, but causes Dean to alienate himself further. As their time
Illustration of Luxurious Early American Railway Pullman Dining Car, 1877. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images Illustration of Luxurious Early American Railway Pullman Dining Car, 1877. Getty Images Tipping is a norm in the United States—and it’s always
The Duchess of Windsor. Attributed to Angela Laviosa. Courtesy of Wikipedia. In Her Lotus Year: China, the Roaring Twenties, and the Making of Wallis Simpson, New York Times bestselling author Paul French examines a controversial and revealing period in the
Rise to the Presidency Johnson was born into poverty and did not have the opportunity to attend school. Despite this, he apprenticed as a tailor and worked in various frontier towns before settling in Greeneville, Tennessee. Although he never received
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. A 16-year-old girl may be wise, funny, well educated, and ambitious, and she can probably hold her own
It’s fitting that the title of the new HBO comedy “The Franchise” makes no direct reference to the superhero movie around which it revolves. That would be “Tecto: Eye of the Storm,” a hundred-and-fifty-million-dollar work in progress that has already
Earth’s latest “minimoon” may be a tiny chunk of our planet’s larger, permanent satellite that was ejected by a violent collision millions of years ago, a new study hints. However, we are unlikely to find out for certain because this
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
