Farewell, Mein Führer: The German mass suicide wave of 1945.
Why did thousands of ordinary Germans kill themselves at the end of World War II? The answer may be more complicated than you think.
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Last call: how the telephone died as a cultural object.
The telephone is dead. I, for one, do not mourn its death.
Magnetic intruder: the strange story of Korean Air Lines Flight 902.
Five years before the tragedy of KAL 007, the Soviets shot down another unarmed airliner under similar circumstances.
Popcorn and Purple Stuff: A journey through 1990s cinema, in 25 films. (Part II)
The second part of our 25-film journey through the 1990s involves technology, random violence, and a heartbreaking depiction of the Holocaust.
Popcorn and Purple Stuff: A journey through 1990s cinema in 25 Films. (Part I)
Historic Painting: Maslenitsa by Boris Kustodiev, 1919.
"In The Line of Fire": Assassination, memory, generations and history.
This taut political thriller from 1993 evoked no deep thinking at the time, but it has some fascinating implications 31 years later.