Author David Surman

‘Who am I, then? Tell me that first …’ Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland stories are about many things, but their theme of strange identity resonates today. It makes sense that an artist interest...

Old Men and Animal Dreamers: The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1967) The production of feature animated films emerged from a series of risky gambles that distinguished Walt Disney and his company from comp...

It’s 1958 and scientists and engineers are in the final stages of launch preparation on Florida’s Cape Canaveral. The weather is unseasonably cold for January, but the Explorer 1 satellite — America’s response ...