Tag: history

Queer Blues

Uncovering Hidden LGBTQ Figures in The Blues...

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Breaking down Hierarchy

A collaborative curatorial experiment lies at the heart of a Manchester Museum’s new South Asia Gallery...

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Do We Need a New Definition of Violence? Brad Evans on Art and Technology Pt 2

Part two of Trebuchet's interview with Philosopher Brad Evans on violence, history and contemporary life. ...

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Do We Need a New Definition of Violence? Brad Evans on Art and Technology

An interview with Philosopher Brad Evans on violence, history and contemporary life. ...

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Tavares Strachan In Total Darkness

In Total Darkness, the first solo exhibition of Tavares Strachan at the Marian Goodman Paris gallery...

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Memories of a Warrior: Chaz Guest

Chaz Guest brings his vivid scenes of American history to his first New York show in two decades. ...

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Kings Never Die: Christian Boltanski’s Esprit

The Manege's Central Exhibition Hall holds Esprits, Christian Boltanski’s first-ever solo exhibition at St Petersburg....

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Drawing With Dust: History, Time and Place in Tacita Dean’s Chalk Drawings

Those old enough will recall the spine-tingling screech of chalk across classroom blackboards, the air full of dust. ...

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History Remixed to a New Beat

Belgian New Beat fuelled a perfect storm of moral panic on a French TV report about the scene. Yet like punk, condemnation made it more successful. ...

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When Gonzo Met Farce

Conception unknown, The Buried Spitfires of Burma: A ‘Fake’ History is a tortured love child of Thompson’s Rum Diary and Poe’s "Gold Bug". ...

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Precious Nothing Pt 3: I Ching

Space-time contains value on all human levels of understanding so where do we sit with it? ...

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Precious Nothing Pt 2: Borges

Space-time contains value on all human levels of understanding so where do we sit with it? ...

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Precious Nothing Pt 1: Pi

Space-time contains value on all human levels of understanding so where do we sit with it? ...

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John Dee and the Empire of Angels

Recommended to those wishing for an in-depth summation of a fascinating figure and general readers who want their hair blown back by a rollicking historical tale. ...

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Charting the Rustpiles and Ruins of America’s Dream

Tumbleweed and dust, neon and rust. Of such are mythologies made....

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America, Whither Went the Dream?

On the hunt for the spectres of an American dream long departed...

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America, What Have You Done?

A photographic journey into America's lost innocence...

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Bubble, bubble, plop! Your Dad Didn’t Invent Homebrew Wine

Archaeologists find earliest evidence of winemaking...

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Load, Wind, Release! Trebuchet Issue Two Launch

Azimuth calculated, trajectory defined. Trebuchet's second print issue - launched...

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Flags, Statues, Genocide and the Trash Can of History

If tearing down statues could redress the wrongs of history, why stop at Confederates?...

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In the Hands of Cod – How Fish Unified Europe Before Brussels

DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000-year history of European fish trade...

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Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers. The Question isn’t *When*, It’s WHY?

Why did hunter-gatherers first begin farming? ...

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Look On My Works, Ye Mighty. And Grind.

Buried hubris and follies of personality along southern France's Atlantikwall...

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USA as World’s Policeman? We’re Going to Need More Coffins

If the USA is 'the world's policeman', is it any wonder the world is so scared?...

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Democratic Stitch Ups and the Untouchable Will of the People

Autocracies fail in the long run because the people much prefer to oppress themselves than be oppressed...

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A Nuremberg Rally of One

No book burning is required when the masses of the consumer state do not read books....

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Hey Patriot, Why Do You Hate Your Country?

Participation mystique is intoxicating, but ultimately futile against hate...

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Seven years in Tibet? Try 13,000

Research sheds new light on high-altitude settlement in Tibet ...

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Nothing New Under the Sun – How Prehistory Tackled Global Warming

Computer models find ancient solutions to modern problems ...

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President Trump, Napoleon and The Eclipse of Dignity

Does history, art or philosophy offer any survival tips for the incoming US presidency?...

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