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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
Ronald Hutton, author of Pagan Britain and The Witch, returns with Queens of the Wild, a history of the goddess-like figures who evade both
Tag : Cultural History
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Queens of the Wild by Ronald Hutton: An extract
Ronald Hutton, author of Pagan Britain and The Witch, returns with Queens of the Wild, a history of the goddess-like figures who evade both
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Stephen Lawrence Day – A Celebration
Background 22nd April will be the fourth national Stephen Lawrence Day. After a 25th anniversary memorial service for Stephen in 2018, the Stephen
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Stalin and His Books: The Librarian’s Tale
Geoffrey Roberts, author of Stalin’s Library, recounts the story of Shushanika Manucharyants, Stalin’s personal librarian, who he inherited from
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Spectacle and Revolution: Cuba’s “Imperfect Cinema”
Age of Revolutions is happy to present its “Art of Revolution” series. You can read through the entire series here as they become
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Spectacle and Revolution: Cuba’s “Imperfect Cinema”
Age of Revolutions is happy to present its “Art of Revolution” series. You can read through the entire series here as they become
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An introduction to Driving with strangers: what hitchhiking tells us about humanity
‘There are stories in these pages which will make your spine tingle, weep with joy, rage with injustice, make you want to embrace the next
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How to Celebrate New Year’s Day Like a Fur Trader
Drawing of Métis jigging at a party near the Pembina Hudson’s Bay Company Post, now part of North Dakota, ca. 1860. Harper’s, vol. 21 (June-Nov
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A Culture of Possibility Podcast #11: Meeting the Moment with Jan Cohen-Cruz and Rad Pereira
NOTE: This post is to introduce you to the 11th episode of François Matarasso’s and my monthly podcast, “A Culture of Possibility.” It will be
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The Romans and Intellectual Disciplines
Peter Burke— In Rome, unlike Greece, we find not only the praises of outstanding intellectual all-rounders but also recommendations to students of
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PATHS FORWARD
BY KATHARINE LOGAN FROM THE AUGUST 2021 ISSUE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE. Across the Yukon River from Dawson City, up around 64 degrees
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UFOs, Secret Soviet Weapons and Alien Visitors – A Cultural History
On June 25, 2021, the U.S. government released a nine–page preliminary report on UFOs, or, as it is now calling them, Unidentified
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Picturing the Western Front: Photography, practices and experiences in First World War France
By Beatriz Pichel This book originated many years ago, in 2008, when my supervisor suggested I could look at photographs for my study on First
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The Words Of The Prophets.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway wallsAnd tenement halls"Paul Simon, The Sound of Silence, 1963-64