Stories by benbreen

Kakure Kirishitan

Gadgets and gizmos that inspired Adam Smith

Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?

Echoes of Eco in His Library

William Saville-Kent: Marine Biology's Unsolved Murder (2021)

Tombs rich in artifacts discovered by Swedish expedition in Cyprus

Archaean Log or the Autopoiesis of a Prokaryote

Samuel R. Delany Reimagined Sci-Fi, Sex, and the City

Alfred Jarry

Patent medicines and the history of cocaine (2020)

Shifting views about psychedelic drugs require a new category for them

Aristotle’s Rules for Living Well

Margaret Cavendish’s brilliant writing was largely neglected in the 1600s

The last day of Constantinople

Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexican jungle

Cormac McCarthy has died

The curious death of Oppenheimer’s mistress (2015)

The Oldest Maps in the World

Entertainments from a Medieval Minstrel’s Repertoire Book

Hierapolis Sawmill

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