This is a mass grave of monks killed in the Black Death in 1348. Of course we know nothing about these particular monks, but who doesn't welcome a good post on the Black Death? So let's start with the simple fact that the sheer scale of...
Alice Rohrwacher's 2024 film La Chimera is certainly worthy, though with some significant flaws. It tells the story of Italian grave robbers, who steal Etruscan treasures to sell on the.
I have in general enjoyed this season of HOTD, even though for some reason the writers find it necessary to strand one major character at Harrenhal for the duration. I.
Poster Bathawk is a controversial figure around here, but this Kurt Anderson NYT op-ed (gift link; Anderson wrote the great book Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire), could well have been written by him: A national divorce — let alone a civil war — is, for now,...
Herbie Hancock poses on the red carpet during an award reception at the Library of Congress for 2023 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoree Joni Mitchell, February 28, 2023. Photo.
Weird that Democrats would rig the 2024 Senate election in Michigan but forget to rig the presidential one: But as he aims to return to Washington, in a Senate race.
Looks like Mark Burnett is still not available to direct this episode: For weeks, President Trump had been laying the groundwork to declare victory in the Iran war should Tehran fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even floating the idea privately to senior aides that he’s willing to walk away...
This might be a bit in the weeds for LGM readers, who at least in the comment section seem like the type of people who generally don't go outside much,.
Body of Manuel Granero, bullfighter killed in the Madrid ring, May 1922. Hemingway’s caption to this photo in Death in the Afternoon reads: “Only two in the crowd are thinking.
This is the grave of Albert Goldman. Ah....this fucking guy. This ought to be fun. Born in 1927 in Dormont, Pennsylvania, Goldman grew up in a Jewish family in a different Keystone town, Mount Lebanon. He went to the Carnegie Institute of Technology and started studying...
Apparently Miller had to drop out by tonight, if local party officials were going to be able to find a replacement in time to meet Monday's 4 PM deadline to.
I honestly don't know what you're supposed to do about voters like this: Wilkinson "Ken" Sejour, who owns Miami Chef Creole, says customers and others in the community are scared,.