Stories by benbreen

The Present Value of the Distant Future in the Early-Modern Past (2013) [pdf]

Hunt and House: Depictions of Medieval Life in German Playing Cards (2016)

‘Chain of Yogis’: A Persian Manuscript in the Mackenzie Collection

Nassim Nicholas Taleb vs. Historians

John Gregory Bourke’s “Scatalogic Rites of All Nations” and the American West

Twenty-First-Century Alchemists (2016)

On the Pinkster King and the King of the Kongo: An Interview with Jeroen Dewulf

Luso-Asian cryptozoology or early modern zoology?

Excremental Empire: “Scatalogic Rites of All Nations” and the American West

Deeper Than Deep: David Reich’s genetics lab unveils our prehistoric past

The Sucker, the Sucker: On the octopus

The Lost Pleasure of Reading Aloud

Portugal Dominated Angola for Centuries. Now the Roles Are Reversed

Dr Bronwyn Tarr: How to live a happy life

Hokkaido characters

Pouncing Beasts: Medieval Bestiary Manuscripts

The Frame Problem (2016)

If I teleport from Mars, does the original me get destroyed?

Manuscript Was Due 30 Years Ago, University Press Still Wants It

The Man Who Picked Victorian London's Unpickable Lock

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