WWI Pillbox in Southwold, England Saved From Demolition
A century-old WWI bunker in Southwold, England, saved from demolition by local fundraising, is being restored as a living history centre.
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Category: Culture
Huntington Show Spotlights Potter Doyle Lane’s Ceramic Masterpieces
A retrospective of Doyle Lane's ceramic work at The Huntington spans intimate vessels to monumental murals, tracing a singular career in clay.
Scholastic Book Fair Changes Are Making Parents Ask Whether Their Kids Still Get Books
A lament for the Scholastic Book Fair's fall from grace, wherein Pokémon guides and Paw Patrol novels replace the classics.
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Armory Show Review: Quiet and Downcast
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Lit Hub Rounds Up This Week’s Most Praiseworthy New Reads
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Paul Thek Built Shrines Out of Garbage — and a New Book Shows How
A little book about Paul Thek, whose shrines of scavenged crates and letters turn garbage into relics of worship.
How Rocketeer Uncle Scrooge Was Built Around a Real German Rocket Scientist
A duck uncle named Ludwig Von Drake explained space travel on TV, but his animated segments were secretly old Disney footage from years before.
Independent 20th Century Makes the Breuer a Mise en Abyme of Its Own History
A Brutalist landmark becomes an art mall as Independent 20th Century fills it with overlooked treasures.
Sound Becomes a Political Weapon at the Polish Pavilion Exhibition
A Polish pavilion at Venice turns whale song into a means of communion, where meaning arrives through skin, bone, and sternum.
Royal Wedding Doorway Reborn: How Navalcarnero’s Casa de la Cadena Got a Second Life
A replica of the portal of the Casa de la Cadena in Navalcarnero, Spain, honors a royal wedding from 1649.