Rick Knowlton on Chess History
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Chess: it's the game of kings. For millennia it has preoccupied some of the greatest minds, taught discipline and focus, and even inspired great art.
August 30, 2017
Da Vinci's Genome
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Jesse Ausubel wants to understand the original Renaissance man by unlocking his genome. If he succeeds, it could revolutionize several fields in science and elsewhere.
August 30, 2017
How to Train Your Butler
The head of the International Butler Academy explains how to survive in service.
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The head of the International Butler Academy explains how to survive in service.
August 16, 2017
Steven A. Cook, The Aeneid, The Sting, and more
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Arab uprisings; the original summer blockbuster; conmen and cardsharps; Russian espionage.
July 17, 2017
The Da Vinci Code
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We might be closer than ever to understanding what made the original Renaissance man such a genius.
Vol 3, No 4 / July 12, 2017
Grandest Opera
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From Giuseppe Verdi's darkest year came a work of sublime power: Nabucco.
Vol 3, No 3 / May 3, 2017
La Vie en Rose: Picasso and Au Lapin Agile
By David Norman
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Essential to the development of modern painting were the cheap, slightly seedy cabarets of Paris, where artists in a creative ferment met, drank, smoked tobacco and opium, loved, fought, lost, sang, and in some cases died.
Vol 3, No 1 / January 3, 2017
Inner Life: Diego Velázquez and Las Meninas
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A renowned art critic and historian delves into the mysteries of a master's late canvas.
Vol 2, No 5 / November 2, 2016
Connections
An Interview with William Powers
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We are living through an age of disruption driven by digital technology. MIT's William Powers games out what the future holds for us at every level.
Vol 2, No 4 / August 29, 2016
Written in Stone
An interview with Bob Brier
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Egypt’s obelisks have endured for centuries. Here's how one left the granite quarries of Aswan and ended up on Fifth Avenue.
Vol 2, No 4 / August 29, 2016
