June 2012 – Page 23 – The Flaneur

Wednesday

Today was Wednesday. Pam had been standing in front of her mirror for the last fifteen minutes, as she did every morning. She would stand in her matching underwear (all her underwear matched; all the […]

Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia: When will The Dutch Eating Place open a branch in London?

Homestyle cooking from Lancaster County The Pennsylvanian Dutch have stalls selling some of the most delicious foods in Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal market. I visited this bustling 114 year old market hall with nary an idea of […]

The Sale of Transcendence

If we look around us, it is possible to see that life is a compartmentalised into different spheres. There is a ‘work sphere’; especially geared towards efficient work, with a uniform to distinguish it from […]

What Can We Learn From Medieval Torture Instruments?

In a work by Venetian artist Sebastiano Del Piombo titled The Martyrdom of St Agatha (1519), the talented painter captures excruciating pain in the face of St Agatha of Sicily. In the painting, St Agatha is being […]