Culture

Late Night Live and I go back almost three decades. Having been interviewed by Richard Ackland, multiple times by my great friend Phillip Adams, I now found myself in the studio with, current host, David Marr. Long live LNL! Program: Late Night Live Broadcast: Thu 5 Mar 2026 at 11:00am Play duration: 54 minutes 4 […]

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The writer's new memoir is a feast, exploring how food can be both deeply personal and impacted by forces much larger than ourselves.

A new-ish community gathering, happening May 2026.

How the archival work of librarians and other activists helps preserve more than just history.

How samba schools in Brazil are teaching Black history through the parades at Carnival.

How the ephemerality of the internet has warped our ability to know who we are.

Unlearned historical lessons from Jacques-Louis David’s retrospective at the Louvre.

Third and last part of an article discussing Imperia, the large concrete statue of a semi-fictional medieval sex worker.  Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. A Clandestine Erection Imperia went up in April 1993, and I won’t even try to explain the insane backstory.  Short version: some people in Constance wanted a […]

Some Americans have been talking about our shared European culture lately!  As CT’s resident American-in-Europe, I feel I must respond.  So, here’s a European culture story.  (This is Part 2,  You can find Part 1 here.) Okay, so Imperia!  Big concrete statue on the shore of Lake Constance.  Medieval sex worker.  9 meters tall, weighs […]

A memoir interwoven with historical research that might leave you wondering if anything really changes in these United States.