The Art of Hand-Made Restaurant Signs
Meet the artists behind Noble Signs, a Brooklyn-based design studio that specializes in custom hand-painted and neon signs for restaurants all over New York, from mom-and-pop shops to some of…
Redefining Canon From the Outside
“I’d like readers to think of the canon less as a monument and more as a conversation.” “Does this book complicate or enrich the story we think we know about…
Getting Dressed as a Medieval Queen
In this video, historical interpreters go through all the stages of dressing for medieval women, both for wealthy and poorer working women, to create an outfit fit for a queen…
Selling you a furniture fantasy
This video is all about selling furniture. How it is done today at IKEA and how Montgomery Ward did it 100 years ago.
Besty Drake on her husband Cary Grant
and his sexuality
Cleanliness in the Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court Palace
The Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace served over 400 people a day in the court of Henry VIII. Lavish feasts for the King and courtiers, and meals for 200…
What Grocery Shopping Was Like in the Middle Ages
Medieval Cherry Cheesecake
Who did they imagine us being?
Ta-Nehisi Coates
History’s Worst Copper Merchant
and His 4000 Year Old Cake