What happens when you cross Rick Astley with ragtime, or Justin Bieber with Jelly Roll Morton? Welcome to Postmodern Jukebox ...

This is the highest share since the 1940s, when hydroelectric stations dominated a smaller global energy market. Despite this milestone, global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have reached a record ...

For example, the happy-go-lucky flappers in the Roaring Twenties wore short dresses, but hemlines got longer during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Currently, the Hemline Index is sending mixed ...

Historically, shorter hemlines meant economic optimism, and longer hemlines signaled economic trouble. For example, the happy-go-lucky flappers in the Roaring Twenties wore short dresses, but hemlines ...

Most people now think of "Gatsby" as a loving tribute to the 1920s, a valentine to the era of flappers and flivvers. It was not. "It’s the ultimate cautionary tale of the dangers of superficial ...

In the decade following, the style of dress worn by flappers was a step in a more freeing direction with shorter hemlines and looser silhouettes, but still filled with the same level of detail and ...

I would only add that these meetings and upcoming hearing are reminiscent of the proceedings held by Roland Freisler, president of the Peoples Court, 1930s – 1940s, in Germany. The most dreaded ...

A 1940s bombshell removed by explosives experts from a garden in Herefordshire will be used as a beer cooler by the homeowner after it spoiled his barbecue plans. Ross Miller was mowing his lawn ...