Art & Literature

While you may enjoy your job, as a human being, you likely have quite a few interests that exist outside of your work. One interest, in particular, may be considered your ultimate passion. For those who can't...

Environment, Climate Change, history, imaginaries, siobhan marie carroll, exploration, British colonialism.

“Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories,” writes David Crystal in his new book, Making a Point: The Persnickety Story of English Punctuation (Profile Books). He then fills the pages with the...

In 2014 Aretha Franklin released her first album since 1985: Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics. Whether critics praised it or panned it, they wanted to talk about age.   “At age 72," the...

First, Lilo Creighton arrived, about ten years before the famous guest. Lilo was white-blonde, bronzed and German, and quite athletic. She was often seen sprinting around town like she was trying to outrun...

This story originally appeared in and is re-published with gratitude from The Common.   We bought Detroit because even after buying ourselves new houses and cars, $253 million in lottery winnings...

Do you sometimes worry about the large-scale destruction of tropical forests, about failing states around the world, or the neo-colonial attitude of rich countries in responding to migration from many poor...