Jul 31, 2026
Judith's fury, Wilde's arrest, Keats's nightingale, and Lorca's duende — one thread running under all four, gathered up for the weekend.
Jul 30, 2026
A king offered him anything in the world. Diogenes asked for one thing — plus three things worth knowing today.
Jul 28, 2026
A triumphant opening night, a bouquet of rotten vegetables, and the ten weeks that ended Oscar Wilde's career — plus three things worth knowing today.
Jul 23, 2026
Federico García Lorca spent an hour trying to explain a word that barely makes sense in Spanish. Plus: a Sargent painting of flamenco, Lorca's traveling theater troupe, and Aristotle on catharsis.
Jul 21, 2026
John Keats wrote "Ode to a Nightingale" in one morning, under a plum tree, on scraps of paper. Plus: Romantic landscape painting, Edmund Burke's sublime, and the phrase Keats coined for sitting with doubt.
Jul 16, 2026
The shadows we mistake for the world — Plato's cave — and three things worth knowing today.
Jul 14, 2026
The sketch they almost threw away — Jørn Utzon's Sydney Opera House — and three things worth knowing today.
Jul 9, 2026
It's been sitting in a Paris museum, engraved by strangers.
Jul 7, 2026
A 2020 study finally explained why it hasn't fallen down.
