Berfrois

November 2022

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Imperialism

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Imperialism

For many of the most successful imperialist countries, empire was just not worth the trouble...

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Electricity was the fuel of choice for scientific romancers…

Electricity was the fuel of choice for scientific romancers…

During America’s Gilded Age, the future seemed to pulse with electrical possibility...

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Jeremy Fernando on salt

Jeremy Fernando on salt

Preserve me not that I become another nor ossify...

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Stuart Walton on The Waste Land

Stuart Walton on The Waste Land

The least conventional poem of the era begins, conventionally enough, with the seasons...

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Solving the Sapient Paradox

Solving the Sapient Paradox

Why were we stuck in prehistory for so long?

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The French capital had around 30,000 cafes by 1900…

The French capital had around 30,000 cafes by 1900…

Parisian cafes could become cauldrons of conversation and thought...

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‘I’ve been eating zaatar ever since I can remember’

‘I’ve been eating zaatar ever since I can remember’

Thyme, sumac, marjoram, oregano, sesame seeds...

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TIME BONUS

TIME BONUS

It is a matter of mastering the level architecture and looting useable material...

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Capacity for Song

Capacity for Song

The iPod was thought to allow users to bubble themselves within a soundscape...

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Douglas Penick on Zhou Lianggong

Douglas Penick on Zhou Lianggong

All the events that happened in the past are like an old dream in a past life...

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Samuel Jay Keyser Jabberwocks The Tables Turned

Samuel Jay Keyser Jabberwocks The Tables Turned

Jabberwocky isn’t really a nonsense poem...

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Brazil Decided

Brazil Decided

In his election night speech, Lula displayed his more moderate profile...

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Passed in Paris

Passed in Paris

It was not such a surprise to find Bruno Latour in the crypt...

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