is a historian and writer based in the United Kingdom. He works on art and architecture, as well as housing and infrastructure policy. He writes Robinson Reckons, an eclectic Substack blog about ...

This video from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center provides an unprecedented look at the intricate, interconnected flow of ocean currents around the world. The visualisation was created using a NASA ...

First the rush, then the reality – how a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme spread faster than a virus in a sleepy Georgia town ...

The world’s isms – capitalism, socialism, fascism and so on – explored through the analogy of your mum doing the washing ...

Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages ...

As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead ...

is a PhD candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley and a member of the Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Designated Emphasis programme.