The Atlas Obscura Podcast: The Family That Tried To Escape History
In 1978, a team of Soviet geologists working deep in the Siberian taiga came across something they never expected to see: a house. As it turned out, they had stumbled…
THE SCENIC POSTERS AND PAINTINGS OF NORMAN WILKINSON HD
I should probably mention that there were in fact two Norman Wilkinsons working in Britain as illustrators in the same period. So if you come across a few decidedly more…
Jack Hilton, Rochdale Caliban
Double episode about Jack Hilton, a working-class author, World War I veteran, unemployed movement organiser, and trade union activist from Rochdale, north-west England. {listen} Part 1: Jack Hilton’s early life…
Front Lines
Peter Weiss’s literature of revolt
The Seattle General Strike
a five-day general work stoppage by 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington from February 6 to 11, 1919.
Dulce et Decorum Est
By Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our…
How Too Much Research Can Ruin Your Novel
… I’ve found that writing and researching a novel is an experience—one that, when it’s going well, can feel as dynamic and unpredictable as reading a great book, or even…