The Middle England Model Village That Chocolate Made

Not many picture-perfect chocolate-box towns have anything to do with chocolate. They’re simply sweet to look at. But come with me to the outskirts of Britain’s second city, Birmingham, and you’ll see a model village that wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for chocolate. The always essential ingredient in any recipe for success. In the shadow…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 681)

1. Pasta in Bed Pasta-inspired bedsheets, unfortunately only available in the AI-universe for the moment. Created by Paul Octavius. Check out his salad sheets here. 2. This blog with excellent commentary on McMansions Discover McMansion Hell. 3. The Napoleon Dynamite opening titles Found via Present & Correct. 4. How did Disney hide the developer of…

A Sapphic Sartorial Study of Lady Troubridge

Rest assured, the roots of fashion have never really been straight. Weaving in and out of contemporary culture, lesbians have been creating sapphic waves of influence on the mainstream style codes for generations; quietly, but surely. You know Una “Lady Troubridge” Vincenzo, even if you don’t think you do; her unmistakably sleek bob, the tux, the…

The Enchanting Genius of a Quietly Forgotten Midcentury Maximalist

Let us take a look inside the classical grandeur and neo-romanticism that flows through the oeuvre of Emilio Terry. A maximalist from the school of more is most definitely more; Terry was an artist, architect, interior decorator, and darling of French society. Parisian born, he would mix in the elite circles of artists and aristocrats,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 680)

1. These 1980s Dollhouses, made for an architect’s competition In 1983 Architectural Design Magazine launched a competition to for architects to design a doll house. Find more on Present & Correct. 2. The Artist’s House in Paris, 1913 By Czech artist, Tavík František Šimon (1877-1942). Found on Art Nau. 3. A woman applied to Disney in…

A Gourmet Dinner on the London Underground

The average commuting Londoner spends up to 75 minutes a day on the Tube. Convincing one to get back on the Underground for dinner would probably seem like a terrible idea, but we’re not talking about a late night bacon butty and a bag of crisps to chomp on the last train home. No, we’re…

Investigating Brooklyn’s 156-Year-Old Secret Society for Black Women

MacDonough Street looks much the same as any street in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood; long and leafy and residential, with historic townhouses neatly arranged in rows, punctuated by the occasional larger building. But one of those larger buildings – 87 MacDonough Street – stands out. Although today its windows are boarded, you can see the grandeur…

Here’s What We Know About the Hundred Mile-Long Linear City they’re Building in the Desert

The opportunity to design and build an entire city from scratch sounds like the dream of every child (and child at heart) in possession of a Lego set and an imagination, and this is exactly what NEOM, the team behind The Line, a new sci-fi city currently underway in Saudi Arabia and set to be…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 679)

1. The historical facade of an 1890s building in Cincinnati was revealed during renovations Found on Viewing Mag. 2. The Crown’s end of an era auction of sets, costumes and props at Bonham’s Experience the exceptional craftmanship and creativity behind The Crown with a special exhibition of the sets, costumes and props from series 1 – 6, touring…

Paul Is Dead: The bizarre conspiracy that became part of The Beatles phenomenon

‘’Those freaks was right when they said you was dead” spat John Lennon in the 1971 song ‘How Do You Sleep?’ It was a venomous retort to his ex-bandmate Paul McCartney in an ongoing feud after the break-up of The Beatles. But what he meant by these caustic lines is a little more outré. These…