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Posted On CultureBeautiful 19th Century Maps of Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise & More
Even the least religious among us speak, at least on occasion, of the circles of hell. When we do so, we may or may not…
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Posted On CultureA vampire film with ‘so much to sink your teeth into’
Focus Features With Bill Skarsgård as the “horrible old vampire”, Robert Eggers’s remake of FW Murnau’s silent 1922 classic stars Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, and…
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Posted On CultureUncover Hannah Arendt’s Syllabus for Her 1974 Course on “Considering”
If you happen to’ve learn one work of Hannah Arendt’s, it’s probably Eichmann in Jerusalem, her account of the trial of the eponymous Nazi official…
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Posted On CultureLove and Gratitude: How Dorothy L. Sayers’s 1930 Novel Challenges Trendy Rescue Romance
“Then you definately gained’t marry me?”The prisoner shook her head.“No, it wouldn’t be honest to you. . . .”“All proper,” mentioned Wimsey, “I gained’t fear…
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Posted On CultureHow the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis
Getty Images In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War. In History examines how the…
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Posted On Culture14 Self-Portraits by Pablo Picasso Present the Evolution of His Fashion: See Self-Portraits Shifting from Ages 15 to 90
15 years outdated (1896) It’s possible to have a look at Pablo Picasso’s many formal experiments and periodic shifts of favor as a sort of…
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Posted On CultureKen Burns’ New Documentary on Leonardo da Vinci Streaming Online (in the US) for a Limited Time
A quick heads up: The filmmaker Ken Burns has just released his new documentary on Leonardo da Vinci. Running nearly four hours, the film offers…
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Posted On CultureGet $160 Off a Yr of Coursera Plus & Acquire Limitless Entry to Programs in Knowledge Analytics, Generative AI, Cybersecurity and Different Fields
A heads-up on a Black Friday special: Between as we speak and December 2, 2024, Coursperiod is supplying a 40% disdepend on its annual subscription…
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Posted On CultureThe Most Iconic Hip-Hop Sample of Every Year (1973-2023)
Hip-hop was once a subculture, but by now it’s long since been one of the unquestionably dominant forms of popular music — not just in…
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Posted On CultureJean-Michel Basquiat’s Creative Process: A Look Inside the Books & Techniques That Allowed His Art to Flow
The story of Jean-Michel Basquiat has its unfortunate aspects: not just his premature death, but also the aggressive marketing of his work and persona in…
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Posted On Culture12 of the perfect movies to observe this December
Searchlight Photos From a steamy age-gap thriller starring Nicole Kidman to a Bob Dylan biopic that includes Timothée Chalamet, these are the movies to stream…
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Posted On CultureCreator Alexis Pauline Gumbs on perpetuating the Black feminist legacy of Audre Lorde
An writer who has drawn sturdy parallels with the long-lasting Black lesbian feminist author Audre Lorde has spoken to FRANCE 24 about Lorde’s legacy, and…
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Posted On CultureWilliam S. Burroughs’ Scathing “Thanksgiving Prayer,” Shot by Gus Van Sant
“Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986” first appeared in print in Tornado Alley, a chape-book published by William S. Burroughs in 1989. Two years later, Gus Van…
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Posted On CultureThe hard-working origins of the ‘blue-collar jacket’ – and different workwear classics
Alamy (Credit score: Alamy) The common-or-garden barn jacket, chore coat and donkey jacket have all gone from useful workwear to “It-item”. As a pattern, is…
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Posted On Culture'Rabia': An IS group bride's journey into darkness
They hit the headlines shortly after Islamist fundamentalists proclaimed a caliphate in Syria and Iraq: the younger ladies who packed their baggage and embarked upon…
