#Spooktober 14: The Defier of Ghosts

October 14, 2024

“The Defier of Ghosts” (1824) is a story by Friedrich August Schulze, translated by Thomas De Quincey. You can read it today on my Patreon.

art and fashion

Mediterranée 2050: a Journey into the Future of the Sea

I first discovered the exhibition almost by chance, when a friend suggested we visit the aquarium in Monaco on our way back from a vacation and, as we approached the Musée Océanographique, your eyes might miss the towering poster on its facade: a luminous vision

August 29, 2025 10:00 am

books and literature

Fairytale Friday – The Dead Mother

In a certain village there lived a husband and wife—lived happily, lovingly, peaceably. All their neighbors envied them; the sight of them gave pleasure to honest folks. Well, the mistress bore a son, but directly after it was born she died. The poor moujik moaned

August 29, 2025 1:00 am

architecture, engineering and construction

Who’s Afraid of hBIM?

There’s something uncanny about building a model of a building that predates the idea of modelling itself. A Romanesque church, a Baroque theatre, a medieval stronghold—they were never drawn in plan, never imagined in 3D software. And yet, here we are, holding laser scanners, waving

August 27, 2025 10:00 am