The Brilliant Project
Thirty-eight years ago tomorrow, a Cornell grad student crashed the internet by accident. He got probation, then tenure at MIT, then co-founded the firm that funded Reddit.
Bones on the Outside
For Halloween: the 1938 evening dress Schiaparelli and Dalí made with its skeleton on the outside. The V&A show it's in is sold out, with two weeks left.
Too Coarse for Letters
The first ballpoint pen was patented 138 years ago today by a bank cashier, and it couldn't write a letter. The one that could became an Argentine word.
Egypt Said No
The Statue of Liberty is 140. She started as a lighthouse for the Suez Canal that nobody wanted, and Belgrano says it got her first.
Not a Page 3 Girl
Tomb Raider is 30. The man who drew Lara Croft walked out a year in, leaving behind one per cent of the profits and a character he didn't like seeing sold.
