Stories by benbreen

Letters: When Documents Contain a Surprise

Hokusai and ‘The Great Picture Book of Everything’: The Latest Research

The Discarnates: Thomas Carlyle in the Spirit-World (1920)

“Microscope” – A Lost Poem by Louis Ginsberg (2013) [pdf]

El Ajedrecista

Asemic Writing

Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Looking for demons in a disenchanted world

Errol Morris interview with the Believer (2004)

The Tunitcha mountains of Arizona may be related to the word “Khan”

Ancient civilisation under eastern Turkey estimated to be 11k-13k years old

Mono No Aware

Discovering ancient cave art using 3D photogrammetry

A 2000-year-old postcard

Our top most unusual collection items

Cambridge University study finds Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian

“A sword was seen in the sky”: A true and wonderful narrative (1763)

Robert Caro, the Art of Biography No. 5 (2016)

A Museum in Rome Narrates Italian History Through Cookbooks and Kitchenware

The Sutton Hoo lyre and the music of the Silk Road (2021)

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