The artist who painted conspiracies: the mysterious death of Mark Lombardi
Did he get too close to exposing the truth?
Art Archives: 03/2024
Captive in broad daylight: the sickening true crime that inspired Vladimir Nabokov to write ‘Lolita’
The novelist was inspired by a horrifying mid-century crime.
Criminal obsession: The three years Elmore Leonard ruled Hollywood
A sudden interest in the crime icon.
Blood, violence and torture: exploring the Viennese Actionism movement
“The aim was to break taboos…”
“I started seeing crabs”: the story of Jean-Paul Sartre’s crazy mescaline trip
The bad trip of an early literary psychonaut.
The absurd story of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s fake execution
The Russian novelist escaped death by a “hairsbreadth”.
The Sabres of Paradise: The book that inspired Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’
A spark ignited by Lesley Blanch.
