The Clowns Helping Refugee Children To Laugh Through Play | Amazing Humans
AdultsCreativityHumorSociety...Ash and his team of clowns, musicians and dancers are 'play specialists' who work with children in refugee camps across Europe. The aim is to allow the kids "to feel good, feel daft, and feel playful".
100 Years of Family Dinners ? Mode.com
AdultsCreativityFoodHistory...Foodie fans, this one's for you! Whether you lean toward 1915-style roast beef and franconia potatoes, or if 2015's kale craze suits your taste, this look at food over the past century will satiate your palate.
Why We Hate Cheap Things
AdultsFoodPersonal FinanceEconomy...In assessing what material things are important and worth paying attention to, we're oddly prejudiced against cheapness - and frustratingly drawn to the expensive, for reasons that don't necessarily stand up to examination.
Why people never smiled in old photos
AdultsHistoryPhotographyCultureEarly portraits looked pretty grim. A lot of old photos from the 19th and early 20th century are fraught with doom and gloom-and on the occasion the literal dead face. That led to the popular belief that people just did not smile in old photographs. The common explanation is due to the limited technology at the time to capture a smile. Exposure times were long and the thinking was it's easier to hold a serious expression over a long period. Another theory included early photography being heavily influenced by painting (which meant no smiling).
LITERATURE - Goethe
AdultsBooksCreativityCultureGoethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention.
The real secret to sushi isn't fish
AdultsCreativityFoodCultureHere's how it rolled from rice paddies into your burrito.
Vincent van Gogh's long, miserable road to fame
AdultsArtCreativityHistory...Van Gogh's travels informed the works we revere today.
Why people think they see ghosts
AdultsPsychologySpiritualityScience...Even though there is no scientific evidence that ghosts exist, you may not be crazy if you see one.
Bug Chef | David George Gordon // 60 Second Docs
AdultsCultureFoodNutrition...The Bug Chef, aka David George Gordon, released an insect-based cookbook in 1998 and has been cooking with bugs ever since, a traveling chef sauteing scorpions for cheering crowds. Rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, two billion people are already eating bugs; Gordon's just bringing gourmets up to speed. As our population grows another billion in the next 40 years, Gordon warns that humans will have to find alternate protein sources to spare the environment -- and he thinks bugs are just the superfood we need.
How the bendy straw was invented | Moments of Vision 12 - Jessica Oreck
AdultsCreativityDesignHistory...Today, Americans use an estimated 500 million drinking straws every day. But where did the idea for this beloved utensil come from? In the twelfth installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the origins of the bendy straw.
Binging with Babish: Twin Peaks Pancakes & Coffee (feat. Cocktail Chemistry)
AdultsCreativityFoodEntertainment...Looking at his work, it would appear as though David Lynch loves a few themes: surrealism. Dream sequences. Machinery. And apparently, coffee. Learn how to make the fluffiest of pancakes and the coffeeist of coffees with the help of Nick Fisher from Cocktail Chemistry as we welcome back Twin Peaks this weekend.