Since mid-2012, when we surveyed the globe for women of note, we have shared eleven editions of Aesop Register with a far-reaching readership of keen and inquisitive souls. Stirred by Edition Four to ponder the scent of wet paper laced with alcohol, sweat and dust; encouraged in Edition Eight to scratch the art world’s carapace to reveal the under layers of outsider art – we nudge all in the direction of curiosity and newness. Here we assemble a collection of best-loved articles to re-share, reconsider and relish.
The digital page
Komninos Zervos’s experiments on his laptop takes poetry into the future, writes Ed Wright.
Stop, Look, Listen
All of Esther Teichmann’s work has a story to tell. Freire Barnes makes sure she is sitting comfortably.
Style Arbiter
Tony Marcus meets the editor of The Gentlewoman, the magazine bringing good taste to the world of glossies.
The music scientist
Bach performance has been revolutionised and filtered to a purer form thanks to Joshua Rifkin, says Gerald Elias.
Architect Digested
The modernist Joseph Dirand prefers to see things only in black and white. Owen Hatherley finds out why.
The Science Bit
Academic and artist Sissel Tolaas is addicted to smell – but only real-world smells. By Tony Marcus.