Essay A Matter of Optics By Warren Breckman Rulers of cities have always had an interest in visibility, both in representing their power and in controlling people by seeing them. More
Voices In Time 1666 | London Most Horrid, Malicious, Bloody Flame Samuel Pepys gives an eyewitness account of the Great Fire of London.More
Preamble Dancing with the Stars By Lewis H. Lapham The vanity of princes is an old story; so is the wish for kings and the gazing into the pool of Narcissus. More
