John Collison on Stripe Billing’s rise, books, and ‘the tyranny of being first’
Stripe’s Revenue and Finance Automation division, anchored by Stripe Billing, crossed $500 million in annual revenue run rate ...
A Thousand Blows — Steven Knight on his Victorian bare-knuckle fighting series
Anyone writing stories set in Victorian London must reckon with its greatest chronicler: Charles Dickens. British screenwriter Steven Knight has been shadowboxing with the novelist for years. In 2019 ...
Carrion Crow by Heather Parry review: 'not much flesh on the bones'
The latest in a line of Victoriana ‘queer’ stories leaves Stuart Kelly wondering if it is anything more than an imaginative ...
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How a Former Slave Became the Rockefeller of New York City’s Oyster Restaurants
Thomas Downing — a freeman born to formerly enslaved people in Virginia — became one of the city’s wealthiest citizens as the ...
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The Enormous Used Bookstore In Virginia That Takes Nearly All Day To Explore
Welcome to Shelf Life Books, a bibliophile’s paradise nestled in the heart of Richmond, Virginia. Let’s face it, in a world ...
The 10 Best Characters of ’1923,’ Ranked
We rank the best characters for the Yellowstone spin-off, 1923, from Timothy Dalton's Donald Whitfield to Harrison Ford's ...
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How the Industrial Revolution Transformed Valentine’s Day
When we think of Valentine’s Day, chubby Cupids, hearts and roses generally come to mind, not industrial processes like mass ...