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The Woven Code and its Impact

by Hal Swerissen | May 12, 2024 | Features | 0 |

How the Jacquard loom, a 19th-century weaving machine, laid conceptual groundwork for modern computers and the digital world.

A potted history of Spain told through its films, from founding myths to modern upheaval, and what cinema reveals about Spanish identity.

by Hal Swerissen | Mar 6, 2024 | Features | 0 |

Pigs sent to the gallows and rats acquitted on a technicality: Nicholas Humphrey explores the strange history of medieval animal trials.

Solitary confinement began as a Quaker-inspired, humane alternative to violent jails. Jane Brox traces its spiritual origins and reformist ambitions.

by Hal Swerissen | Sep 26, 2023 | Features | 0 |

Jean-Jacques Rousseau remains one of the most influential Western thinkers. An explainer on his philosophy and why it still speaks to us today.

Easter has always had room for laughter. The hilarious, and sometimes controversial, medieval history of religious jokes.