In Ancient Greece and Rome, who were the harpies, and why did they stink so much?
Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...
S.F.’s Balloon Museum meets inflated expectations with 20 rooms of interactive art
Mill Valley first-graders and best friends June Campbell and Poppy Morton were in their matching sparkly party dresses when they walked into a giant helium sphere covered in spikes with charcoal on ...
Boston Magazine14h
How to Live Long and Prosper, According to Overachievers Living Longer
Keep busy. Stay social. Do purposeful work. In America’s longevity capital, five elder Bostonians share how their golden ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel18h
The Secularization of Christian Antisemitism from the Enlightenment
The Dreyfus Affair (1894-1906) Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish French officer, was falsely accused of treason. The case exposed deep ...
Meet the Edinburgh street artist who paints rubbish instead of walls
Valér Fekete, AKA Soir, has left thousands of his artworks on the capital's streets. He spoke to The Herald about politics, his past and why ...
‘Claret and tinned beans’. Artist known for coastal adventures dies
Gregor Smith, who has died aged 80, was an artist raised among the steelworks, pits, mines, and farms of Lanarkshire who focused much of his work ...