- Michael Pollan interview on psychedelics Fresh Air
- Spinelli vs. Hayek Federico Ottavio Reho, EPICENTER
- The Rock Art of Malarrak Archaeology
- How Islam shaped the West Rowan Williams, New Statesman
art history
Nightcap
- The street gangs of Weimar Berlin Marilyn Macron, Los Angeles Review of Books
- The road to compromise (LGBT and religion) Mark David Hall, Law & Liberty
- Angels through the ages Ysenda Maxtone Graham, Spectator
- France and Africa Dave Glovsky, Africa is a Country
Afternoon Tea: Minerva or Pallas Athena (1898)
From my main man Gustav Klimt.
Afternoon Tea: The Scapegoat (1854)
Man, I like this one. It was painted by William Holman Hunt, an English painter. Hunt belonged to a school of art that called itself the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Here is a wiki on the Brotherhood.
Afternoon Tea: The Women of Algiers in their Apartment (1834)
From Eugene Delacroix, as requested by Jacques Delacroix (no relation):
Afternoon Tea: Diomedes Devoured by his Horses (1866)
This one is just plain crazy, and it’s by the French painter Gustave Moreau. Here is a wiki on the story of Diomedes, by the way. And here is Barry Stocker on ancient Greek thought.
Afternoon Tea: Urvashi and Pururavas (unknown)
From the great Malayi (India) painter Raja Rami Varma:
Varma was one of the first artists in colonial India to blend Western art with Indian traditions. Urvashi and Pururavas is an old Hindu love legend (wiki). And here is a wiki on Varma.
Here is yet another wiki, on the Malayali.
