Digest

March 9, 2023
Fortunat Mueller-Maerki’s passion for collecting books and ephemera related to time began with one clock.
March 9, 2023
Books are very much in the DNA of English writer Edward Brooke-Hitching, the son of rare book collector and dealer Franklin Brooke-Hitching, and descendant of printer William Blades (1824-1890), wh
March 9, 2023
At the conclusion of Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s essay, “The Site of Memory,” she details how, when working on a piece, she would doggedly rewrite until it appeared fla
November 10, 2022
It’s no secret that bibliophiles who enjoy reading fiction are often drawn to novels set in bookshops.
November 10, 2022
The value of children’s books is the indelible mark they can leave on our memory. Alice talking with a hookah-smoking caterpillar.
August 12, 2022
"I love books,” said the artist Cecilia Levy. “Some people think I don’t because I cut them apart.
August 12, 2022
2022 has been a landmark year for Charles Darwin, the English scientist best known for his 1859 book, On the Origin of Species.
July 1, 2022
The typical fate of a television set and its contents post-production is not pretty; cast and crew may select a memento or two, but the scrap heap is the usual destination.
May 20, 2022
There are many ways of reinterpreting our cultural heritage, but Shakespeare scholar and historian Ella Hawkins has come up with one of the most wholesome.
February 24, 2022
From its inception in Austin, Texas, in 1997, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas has always offered more than just movies, including custom pre-shows, sing-alongs, its o