
"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
From January 30 to September 8, 2025, the Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan hosts “A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema,” an exhibition curated by Melissa Harris. This showcase delves into the intricate pre-production processes of filmmaking, highlighting the pivotal role of...
Do you remember last month, when we took a stroll through Milan in the wake of Casorati’s new exhibition at Palazzo Reale? I would be amiss if I didn’t follow up with another walk inspired by another, great show, closing this month, so here we...
Yes, the fault might be our current project on PowerBI, but this month I’ve been reasoning a lot around our Illuministic obsession over measurements and how that affects our approach to business intelligence in the era of Big Data. On top of this, I’ve been...
So, what’s in town this month? Let’s take a look at a couple of things you need to catch before they leave. Some of the things I highlighted last month are still on: Sabrina Ratté’s Realia at MEET Digital Culture Centre closes today. I talked...
There’s a particular tension I carry with me when I walk into exhibitions like Art Decò: il trionfo della modernità. My heart irreversibly shuns away from some of the ideological implications of the movement – and I’m certainly more partial to liberty – and yet,...
I know, I know. I don’t speak about interoperability much, and ya’ll know what I think of IFC, but a recent discussion prompted me to submit to you a more articulated argument around the issue, because I do not think, in fact, that IFC is...
Mentor and Tutor on Digital Transformation in the Construction Industry, Reader and Writer, Gamer
“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XVI: My Lady’s Lady Thibault was delighted at seeing what had happened to the young Baron, whose hand, anything but light, had so shortly bef...
Nothing happens in this book, and yet everything happens. Just like life. An ordinary story of an ordinary woman: her husband left for no apparent reason, he seems to think he has a right to her life ...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XV: The Lord of Vauparfond Thibault, on arriving at the Dauphin d’Or, ordered himself as fine a dinner as he could think of. It would have bee...
Yes, the fault might be our current project on PowerBI, but this month I’ve been reasoning a lot around our Illuministic obsession over measurements and how that affects our approach to business...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XIV: A Village Wedding He had made but a few steps within the forest, when he found himself surrounded by his wolves. He was pleased to see them aga...
Oh. My. God.How come this novel isn’t up there alongside Ph. K. Dick, Asimov, and the rest of the greatest sci-fi works of our time? Oh, yeah, it might be because it talks about violence over a ...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XIII: Where it is demonstrated that a Woman never speaks more eloquently than when she holds her tongue As Thibault was talking to himself he did no...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XII: Wolves in the Sheep Fold The forest was not far from the Bailiff’s house, and in two bounds Thibault found himself on the further side of...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XI: David and Goliath After walking the whole length of the village, they stopped before an imposing looking house at the junction of the roads lead...
Last week, I pursued the general hype and went to our local theatre to see a contemporary Opera inspired by Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose, one of my favourite books of all time. And though it w...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter X: Maitre Magloire In this reckless state of mind Thibault, who had not as yet decided on any special course of action, spent the last days of the ol...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter IX: The Wolf-Leader Thibault, fleeing from Madame Polet’s threats and her farm servants’ weapons, turned instinctively towards the forest...
Silence Speaks: Gender, Nature, and Identity in a 13th-Century Romance In the Roman de Silence, written in Old French by Heldris of Cornwall, we meet Silence—a child born female but raised as a boy ...
A Flame Between Us: Lament in the Poetry of Kassia...
Swapped Lives, Eternal Forms: Visualising Gender Fluidity in the Torikaebaya Monogatari Torikaebaya Monogatari (literally “If only I could exchange (them)!” often translated as “The ...
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: the Caliph’s Daughter Who Loved Women and Lived Free Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (Córdoba 1001 – 1091), daughter of a deposed Umayyad caliph, was not merely a noblewoman—...
Love and Lament in the Songs of Jonathan and David “I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;very pleasant have you been to me.Your love to me was wonderful,surpassing the love of women.”̵...
Saints and Soldiers: the Embrace of Saints Sergius and Bacchus One of the oldest surviving icons from the early Byzantine world, this image depicts two Roman soldiers and Christian martyrs standing si...
Brothers in Arms, Lovers in Death: the Sacred Band of Thebes In the 4th century BCE, the Greek city-state of Thebes forged one of the most extraordinary fighting forces in history: the Sacred Band, an...
In a Kiss, a World “Sweet boy, with honeyed eyes,if I could kiss you as many times as I wish,I’d kiss you three hundred thousand times —and not once would I be satisfied.”— Gaius Val...
The Galli of Cybele: Queerness in Roman Religion The Galli were priests of Cybele (Magna Mater), whose worship was introduced at Rome from Phrygia. Often dressed in feminine garments and jewellery, th...
Singing for the Goddess: the Queer Voices of Inanna’s Gala Priests Long before modern notions of gender came into form, the streets of ancient Sumer — in what is now southern Iraq — roamed with ...
He Is the Wine, I the Cup: Queer Devotion in the Poetry of Abu Nuwas “O my heart’s beloved,You are the sun of beauty,And I — merely the eye that follows you.He kissed me, and I becameThe chalice...
Xochipilli, Prince of Flowers: Queer Divinity in Aztec Art What you’re seeing is a volcanic stone sculpture showing Xochipilli, an Aztec deity part of a group of representing health, pleasure, a...
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