Rio de Janeiro: 450 Years of the Carnival City

Rio de Janeiro (January’s River), or more widely just Rio, celebrates its 450th birthday in March...

Kiss Me, Though I Might Not Be Irish

March 17 marks the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick (387-461), which has evolved from a...

Forty days & Forty nights

Ash Wednesday kicks off the season for reflection and restraint. Seek inspiration from the...

Making Of: Book Cover Art 2014

Highlighting how images licensed from the Bridgeman archive were transformed by designers into...

Literary Blind Dates from Hell

Instead of running through a list of the most beloved couples in literary history, this...

The March of Time: Selma to Montgomery

2015 marks a half century since the Civil Rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. With...

Chinese New Year 2015: The Year of the Sheep (Part 2)

This is the second part of the ‘Chinese New Year 2015: The Year of the Sheep’, bringing you some...

Fairy Tales Uncensored: Grim Grimm Stories

No matter where you go, stories of the Brothers Grimm seem to be everywhere, be it the latest...

Chinese New Year 2015: The Year of the Sheep (Part 1)

As the Chinese say goodbye to the Year of the Horse, we look at some interesting facts to prepare...

Pantone Colour of the year 2015: Marsala

Pantone describe Marsala as ‘naturally robust and earthy wine red.’ Click through to...