Author: Holly Fortini

War, murder, music, art. We would have none without metaphor.

What makes us quintessentially human? Fashion!

From book-burning to the iPad, or what Pompeii has to do with Gutenberg’s printing press.

From stunning stingrays to jubilant jellyfish, or what cutting-edge technology has to do with Earth’s whimsy.

From Morocco to Mongolia, or what we can learn about climate change from Inuit whale hunters.

Greenlighting mess-making, 101 ways to astonish yourself, and how to flowchart your way to happiness.

What an early 20th-century Parisian dandy had to do with political theater and the rise of micro-nonfiction.

A practical guide to creating data graphics that mean something, that captivate and illuminate and tell stories of what matters.

Yoko Ono, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Debbie Harry and other cultural icons write retrospective letters of wisdom to their 16-year-old selves.

Photographer Jason Eskenazi sets out to explore the age-old East/West divide in a fascinating series.