Watch “Roundhay Garden Scene,” the world’s very first motion picture—all 2 seconds of it.
This 2-second clip launched the entirety of world cinema.
Latest
Sorry to intrude, but we have to talk about the climate crisis. I insist.
The strangest dictator: The odd world of Moammar Qaddafi.
Antonioni’s “Zabriskie Point”: a terrible, senseless and fascinating film.
The stupidest Presidential campaign in American history.
Behind the Scenes: August 1939, Eve of War.
Historic Photo: Two great liners, Olympic and Mauretania, about to die.
The Verge
Sorry to intrude, but we have to talk about the climate crisis. I insist.
You know those big hurricanes that are destroying the U.S. East Coast? Scientists have been warning us about them for decades.
Antonioni’s “Zabriskie Point”: a terrible, senseless and fascinating film.
The stupidest Presidential campaign in American history.
Historic Photo: Two great liners, Olympic and Mauretania, about to die.
A brief history of Presidential debates.
Historic Painting: “Pollice Verso” by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1872.
The fall of American conservatism.
The Outer Garden
Watch “Roundhay Garden Scene,” the world’s very first motion picture—all 2 seconds of it.
This 2-second clip launched the entirety of world cinema.
The real “King’s Speech”: George VI addresses Britain at the start of World War II.
Update: The WOW! Signal Solved.
First contact for real? The enduring mystery of the WOW! Signal.
When history gives us a new precedent.
Historic Painting: “The Girl Who Found The Golden Horn” by Harald Slott-Møller, 1906.
The sky’s happy behemoth: The amazing career of the Boeing 747.
The Inner Garden
The strangest dictator: The odd world of Moammar Qaddafi.
The Libyan despot thought of himself as a fashion icon, a car designer and believed his political opponents were on LSD.
Behind the Scenes: August 1939, Eve of War.
The book I’ve been working on: introducing “The Gangster Crown.”
Behind the Scenes: Putin, The Rise to Power.
The lamps that went out: My yearly thoughts on the outbreak of World War I.
Dealing With Campaign 2024: Some Historical Perspectives.
