That Age Old Secret

On Psychedelics, Secrecy and the Eleusinian Mysteries

Apr 5 • This Week We Learnt

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March 2026

Myths of Madness and the Mind

The mythology of psychology's most famous case studies

Mar 29 • This Week We Learnt

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The True Colours of Antiquity

On polychromy, invented tradition, and the aesthetics of Western supremacy

Mar 22 • This Week We Learnt

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The Last Supper of an Iceman

The Remnants of a Prehistoric Dinner

Mar 15 • This Week We Learnt

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The Machine That Shouldn't Exist

On The Antikythera Mechanism

Mar 8 • This Week We Learnt

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The irrational animal

or what happens when decision making goes wrong

Mar 1 • This Week We Learnt

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February 2026

The Smashing of the François Vase

Fragments to Fragments, Dust to Dust

Feb 22 • This Week We Learnt

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Recreational drugs and Remedy

What is MDMA assisted psychotherapy

Feb 15 • This Week We Learnt

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Wolves, Whips, and Wishful Historiography

If your Valentine's Day looks like Lupercalia, you're doing it wrong.

Feb 8 • This Week We Learnt

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The real moon madness

the illusion you never noticed

Feb 1 • This Week We Learnt

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January 2026

Caravaggio's Cupid and the Politics of Looking

The painting is only half the story.

Jan 25 • This Week We Learnt

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UPFs: The Overplayed Villain

Who's afraid of the big bad burger

Jan 18 • This Week We Learnt

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