11/21/2007
Category: Tony’s Secret Cabinet
Stories from the institutions that preserve and interpret our history and culture.
11/07/2007
Hints of Oak and Witch’s Urine?
Call the Good Walkers.
by Tony Perrottet
§10/24/2007
Scent of a Führer
Hitler wanted to control the world. But he couldn't even control his flatulence.
by Tony Perrottet
§10/09/2007
When Syphilis Was Trés Chic
In Belle Epoque Paris, the disease was all the rage.
by Tony Perrottet
§10/02/2007
First Night Jitters
The Medieval Droit de Seigneur.
by Tony Perrottet
§09/19/2007
Sex and the Renaissance Nun
Why Venetian nunneries were once hotbeds of passion.
by Tony Perrottet
§09/12/2007
The Champagne Glass and the Breast
Diane de Poitiers'? Marie-Antoinette's? Lee Miller's?
by Tony Perrottet
§08/29/2007
Good Old-Fashioned Porn
by Tony Perrottet
§08/22/2007
Standing up in Court
by Tony Perrottet
§08/06/2007