Vaudeville in Early Motion Film

Roll up, roll up! Come in and watch a collection of weird and wonderful vaudeville acts from the...

Madcap Inventions

Here are some of history’s most weird and wonderful inventions captured by photographers,...

Vanitas – symbols of death & decadence

Looking back at the ‘Memento Mori’ painting tradition, Vanitas is a macabre genre of symbolic...

The Art of Mapping

Take a closer look at the wonderful world of maps through history. More than simply a topological...

The Vietnam War on Film

The Vietnam War – often referred to in the US as “America’s longest war” and in Vietnam, as the...

What’s your sign? The Art of the Zodiac

Do you believe your personality is mapped out in the stars? Read below to check if your zodiac...

The Brian Trenerry Archive

The delightful, nostalgia-inducing Brian Trennery collection is a treasure trove of fleeting...

Hogarth: A Rake’s Progress

Sex, Booze and Debauchery in 18th-Century London William Hogarth (1697-1764) grew up in the less...

Passion, Pain, Pleasure: Il Palio

Every July 2 and August 16 an event takes place in the Tuscan city of Siena that is not for the...

Wacky fashion trends – corsets, codpieces and crinolines

They say that fashion trends have a way of resurfacing, but here’s hoping that these trends have...