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Formula 1 in the 1950s was dominated by the great Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, who won five drivers' championships - a record that would not be matched for nearly 50 years.
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Formula 1 in the 1950s was dominated by the great Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio, who won five drivers' championships - a record that would not be matched for nearly 50 years.
Modern townhouse, located outside of London
January 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Modern townhouse, located outside of London
As a photographer, Eve was known for getting beneath the surface of her subjects, for capturing something of the real person hidden behind the persona...
Eve Arnold
April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012
Eve Arnold
April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012
January 4, 2026 at 8:17 AM
As a photographer, Eve was known for getting beneath the surface of her subjects, for capturing something of the real person hidden behind the persona...
Eve Arnold
April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012
Eve Arnold
April 21, 1912 – January 4, 2012
"And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
"And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion..."
Albert Camus
November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960
Albert Camus
November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion..."
Albert Camus
November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960
Albert Camus
November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960
Tango
Director Carlos Saura #botd
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
“I can't separate cinema from my life. The two are interrelated, and enrich each other...”
Director Carlos Saura #botd
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
“I can't separate cinema from my life. The two are interrelated, and enrich each other...”
January 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Tango
Director Carlos Saura #botd
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
“I can't separate cinema from my life. The two are interrelated, and enrich each other...”
Director Carlos Saura #botd
Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro
“I can't separate cinema from my life. The two are interrelated, and enrich each other...”
Ian Fleming adopted the name of the American ornithologist and expert on the birds of the Caribbean, James Bond #botd, for his fictional British spy. They met once — in early 1964 at Fleming’s Goldeneye retreat in Jamaica.
January 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Ian Fleming adopted the name of the American ornithologist and expert on the birds of the Caribbean, James Bond #botd, for his fictional British spy. They met once — in early 1964 at Fleming’s Goldeneye retreat in Jamaica.
The supermoon sets behind the Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The supermoon sets behind the Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy
Awarded the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. "From the moment of its first appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959, it was clear that Black Orpheus was a very special film..." — David Ehrenstein
Marpessa Dawn #botd and Breno Mello
Marpessa Dawn #botd and Breno Mello
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Awarded the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. "From the moment of its first appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959, it was clear that Black Orpheus was a very special film..." — David Ehrenstein
Marpessa Dawn #botd and Breno Mello
Marpessa Dawn #botd and Breno Mello
The English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician, was commonly referred to as the "fifth Beatle" because of his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums.
George Martin #botd
George Martin #botd
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician, was commonly referred to as the "fifth Beatle" because of his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums.
George Martin #botd
George Martin #botd
Shanghai Express
Josef von Sternberg, 1932
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook
Anna May Wong #botd
An intoxicating mix of adventure, romance, and pre-Code salaciousness, the result is a triumph of 1930s studio filmmaking...
Josef von Sternberg, 1932
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook
Anna May Wong #botd
An intoxicating mix of adventure, romance, and pre-Code salaciousness, the result is a triumph of 1930s studio filmmaking...
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Shanghai Express
Josef von Sternberg, 1932
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook
Anna May Wong #botd
An intoxicating mix of adventure, romance, and pre-Code salaciousness, the result is a triumph of 1930s studio filmmaking...
Josef von Sternberg, 1932
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook
Anna May Wong #botd
An intoxicating mix of adventure, romance, and pre-Code salaciousness, the result is a triumph of 1930s studio filmmaking...
"It’s difficult to imagine a world without The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s sprawling magnum opus popularized the fantasy genre, and snowballed into a global phenomenon..." — Adrienne Westenfeld
J. R. R. Tolkien #botd
J. R. R. Tolkien #botd
January 3, 2026 at 7:05 AM
"It’s difficult to imagine a world without The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s sprawling magnum opus popularized the fantasy genre, and snowballed into a global phenomenon..." — Adrienne Westenfeld
J. R. R. Tolkien #botd
J. R. R. Tolkien #botd
Thought to be one of the smallest restaurants in the world, Solo Per Due north of Rome has only one table and accepts two guests per meal...
January 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Thought to be one of the smallest restaurants in the world, Solo Per Due north of Rome has only one table and accepts two guests per meal...
"Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does..."
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 AM
"Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does..."
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017
“I think we created each other. She was magic. You only needed to shoot half a roll of film and you had it.”
The gritty, witty collaborations of David Bailey #botd and Jean Shrimpton reshaped Vogue’s aesthetic in the early 1960s...
The gritty, witty collaborations of David Bailey #botd and Jean Shrimpton reshaped Vogue’s aesthetic in the early 1960s...
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 AM
“I think we created each other. She was magic. You only needed to shoot half a roll of film and you had it.”
The gritty, witty collaborations of David Bailey #botd and Jean Shrimpton reshaped Vogue’s aesthetic in the early 1960s...
The gritty, witty collaborations of David Bailey #botd and Jean Shrimpton reshaped Vogue’s aesthetic in the early 1960s...
"No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is — but the world as it will be..."
Isaac Asimov #botd
Isaac Asimov #botd
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 AM
"No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is — but the world as it will be..."
Isaac Asimov #botd
Isaac Asimov #botd
Tête de Femme painted by Pablo Picasso in 1941, and valued at 1 million Euros, can be won for 100 Euros, in a charity raffle to help fund Alzheimer’s research.
tickets | 1picasso100euros.com
tickets | 1picasso100euros.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Tête de Femme painted by Pablo Picasso in 1941, and valued at 1 million Euros, can be won for 100 Euros, in a charity raffle to help fund Alzheimer’s research.
tickets | 1picasso100euros.com
tickets | 1picasso100euros.com
Highly influential, and associated with many leading directors including Steven Spielberg, John Boorman and Robert Altman. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Vilmos Zsigmond
June 16, 1930 – January 1, 2016
Vilmos Zsigmond
June 16, 1930 – January 1, 2016
January 1, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Highly influential, and associated with many leading directors including Steven Spielberg, John Boorman and Robert Altman. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Vilmos Zsigmond
June 16, 1930 – January 1, 2016
Vilmos Zsigmond
June 16, 1930 – January 1, 2016
"Weston helped take photography out of the Victorian age. The tonal quality of his black-and-white prints imbue everyday objects with a heightened presence that sometimes makes them seem almost unreal..."
— Sean O'Hagan
Edward Weston
March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958
— Sean O'Hagan
Edward Weston
March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958
January 1, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"Weston helped take photography out of the Victorian age. The tonal quality of his black-and-white prints imbue everyday objects with a heightened presence that sometimes makes them seem almost unreal..."
— Sean O'Hagan
Edward Weston
March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958
— Sean O'Hagan
Edward Weston
March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours, who you could call on the phone whenever you felt like it..."
J. D. Salinger #botd
J. D. Salinger #botd
January 1, 2026 at 10:17 AM
"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours, who you could call on the phone whenever you felt like it..."
J. D. Salinger #botd
J. D. Salinger #botd
Kim Philby #botd was perhaps the most lethal double agent in the annals of British espionage, responsible for the betrayal of countless national secrets and the brutal elimination of many British agents
"I wouldn’t have trusted him with my cat for the weekend..."
— John le Carré
"I wouldn’t have trusted him with my cat for the weekend..."
— John le Carré
January 1, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Kim Philby #botd was perhaps the most lethal double agent in the annals of British espionage, responsible for the betrayal of countless national secrets and the brutal elimination of many British agents
"I wouldn’t have trusted him with my cat for the weekend..."
— John le Carré
"I wouldn’t have trusted him with my cat for the weekend..."
— John le Carré
"I often walked the streets of New York downtown, near the East River, taking my hand camera with me. One day I found myself in front of the old Post Office. It was extremely cold. Snow lay on the ground..."
Alfred Stieglitz
#botd January 1, 1864
Alfred Stieglitz
#botd January 1, 1864
January 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
"I often walked the streets of New York downtown, near the East River, taking my hand camera with me. One day I found myself in front of the old Post Office. It was extremely cold. Snow lay on the ground..."
Alfred Stieglitz
#botd January 1, 1864
Alfred Stieglitz
#botd January 1, 1864