Bread like chaff and putrid rations: how WW1 troops obsessed over food
Apr 21, 2016 05:56 am UTC| Life
Sing me to sleep, the bullets fall Let me forget the war all Damp is my dugout, cold is my feet Nothing but biscuits bully to eat. Popular soldiers song, circa 1918, recorded in the diary of Archie A....
Can a burgeoning satanic movement actually effect political change?
Apr 20, 2016 06:17 am UTC| Life
Robert Eggers period horror film The Witch has been one of the surprise hits of 2016. Its even gained a second wind since its February 23 release: the first weekend of April it played on 666 screens around the country,...
Catholicism's multi-billion dollar brand is struggling despite Pope Francis
Apr 18, 2016 13:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
When the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, told a newspaper the firm was doing Gods work, his appeal on behalf of higher powers was an attempt to rescue the tainted reputation not only of his own...
A decent woman? The breastfeeding and visibility debate is nothing new
Apr 18, 2016 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Its a predictable tale of controversy in modern public space: a woman or group of women are welcomed to or excluded from a place because they are breastfeeding. The event makes the midday news and ushers in debate about...
What's behind children being cast as witches in Nigeria
Apr 18, 2016 02:09 am UTC| Life
The rescue of a two-year-old Nigerian child has attracted extensive social and online media coverage across the world. Abandoned by his family after being accused of being a witch, the boy was saved by an aid worker who...
How playing video games can change your retirement
Apr 14, 2016 16:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The teenagers who were hooked on Pac-Man in the arcades and amusement parks of the early 1970s are getting ready for retirement, but many of them have never stopped playing video games. In fact, it doesnt look like they...
How cults exploit one of our most basic psychological urges
Apr 14, 2016 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The new Hulu TV series The Path described by Time as the streaming services best show yet centers on a cult-like faith, Meyerism, whose adherents seek fulfillment under the guidance of their leader, Cal. As pure...