Danish architect, Arne Jacobsen bent plywood into the elegant, and deceptively simple, sculptural ‘Ant Chair’… — Arne Jacobsen preferred to be known as an architect and believed the design of furnishings and décor was part of the overall remit. He built an impressive international reputation, designing some high-profile public and domestic buildings. He also thought the same design principles should apply throughout the built environment, which…

Looking for the beginnings of what would become known as Pop Art — For many, the term Pop Art immediately evokes the colourful, screen-printed canvasses of Andy Warhol, the enlarged comic-book panels of Roy Lichtenstein, perhaps big, soft sculptures by Claes Oldenberg. These are well-known emblems of the movement as it manifested when Art Went Pop! in the USA,where such undeniably important exponents…

Stories that Survive Around the Real Welsh Wizard, Medic, Minister, Military Strategist, and Man of Mystery — Huw Llwyd has been immortalised in the folklore and fairy tales of Wales, his fantastic exploits told and re-told down the ages, so many times perhaps that people have forgotten that he was, indeed, a real person: a mercenary, magician, bardic poet and bona fide ‘man of mystery’ — the…

To understand a Frank Lloyd Wright fireplace, you’ll need to know about the traditional Japanese tokonoma. — A tokonoma is an alcove dedicated to displaying a set of things that complement each other in both aesthetics and meaning. The traditional form grew from a fusion of Zen shrine design, traditional Tea House architecture, and Samurai culture. …

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet. —

Amid the rapid cultural change of the Modern age two nations, divided by the Atlantic and two World Wars, responded with different transport solutions for the ‘common people’ — The Model T (1908–1927) America’s entry into the modern world had been retarded by wars and political upheaval but as the nation strove to find an identity, following its Civil War, it entered a new ‘progressive age’. In the early 1900s it seemed that a reliable peace had settled and this new stability speeded…

A Canadian archaeological team in Sicily accidentally unleash the vengeful ghosts of demonic nuns who were murdered 500 years earlier… —

A family’s home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts. —