This article about the real cognitive neuroscience behind the show's ‘severance procedure’ is mind-blowing. Apparently real split-brain patients have existed since the 1940s!
Academic says "Taylor Swift fans have much in common with theologians as they search for meaning in her lyrics". What do we think? Church of Tay?
TIL that Arthur Conan Doyle designed buildings and golf courses as well as writing the Sherlock Holmes stories
Fascinating history of medieval divination – including real stories of fraudsters
Mary Queen of Scots' girlfriends smuggled her secrets out in the heels of their shoes
Love this academic's take on Brat, framing it as a work of contemporary imagist poetry, and talking about what Charli has in common with other literary 'brats' through history.
What a bath, taken by King Cnut 1,000 years ago, can tell us about the conflicted English kingdom of a millennium ago. Awesome piece by a historian on Viking diplomacy (or lack thereof!!)
Turns out Eloise's GIANT purple muff is actually historically accurate lol. Love the fashion this season!
Cool article by a philosopher on the idea behind the new album: "Radical Optimism is Dua Lipa’s philosophy for dealing with life’s chaos – but radical openness is a better approach."
Beyoncé's unique accent and how she uses it artistically on Cowboy Carter, broken down by a musicologist. Her mind!
Great piece on how Taylor Swift uses melodrama as a literary device in The Tortured Poets Department, by a music professor
I love this article on Byron's queer teenage heartbreak and how it inspired his poetry, marking 200 years since his death. It's fascinating to read about one of his first loves, though what I found the most moving about this article was the evidence of his deep friendship with Elizabeth Pigot.
Love this article on the history of photography and bouldering
I love this article on the history of photographing rock-climbing. Some amazing images in there!
The Art of Climbing: a brief history of photographing rock-climbing
Can I replace home dye shampoo with my own?
Hair dye ingredients help please!
TIL that Maya Angelou spent the 1960s writing radical anti-racist journalism in Egypt and Ghana, including an article in the Ghanaian Times denouncing African American moderates as “Uncle Toms” and “slave sellers” who failed to recognise their own bondage.
A cool history piece by a researcher who has uncovered Maya Angelou’s radical political writing from her time living in Egypt and Ghana in the 1960s.
Cool article on new research that has uncovered Maya Angelou’s radical anti-racist political writing from Egypt and Ghana in the 1960s.
Something a bit different: an article about depictions of women's alopecia in art history
I’ve researched Clara Bow – it’s no wonder the actress inspired Taylor Swift’s new album
Cool piece on all the connections between Taylor and Clara Bow by an academic who studies women in silent cinema.
TIL that during his autopsy, Thomas Hardy's heart was left unattended in a biscuit tin and was subsequently found and eaten by his favourite cat, Cobby.
Nice piece on the indigenous representation in this season
