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How a 100-Year-Old Animated Film Is Restored!
In a century of animated cinema, the importance of animator Max Flesicher cannot be overstated. Fleischer created Betty Boop, produced the original Popeye and Superman cartoons, and also invented the Rotoscope. Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored is on a mission to … Continue reading
How Much Booze Did Medieval People Really Drink?
Join Dr Eleanor Janega in this full length History Hit TV documentary as she gets to the bottom of medieval booze and drinking habits. How much alcohol did people in the Middle Ages really drink? What were they drinking? And … Continue reading
Do you know these weird words for groups?
Let’s explore English’s many weird collective nouns! And remember to head to https://squarespace.com/robwords to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the code “robwords”. 🥚 A gaggle of geese 📊 A business of ferrets 🎓 … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Great Lives, Noddy Holder on Chuck Berry
Slade frontman Noddy Holder champions the life of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry. In 1972 Chucky Berry was onstage in Coventry. Seeking some audience participation Chuck launched into a cover of an unusual novelty record called ‘My Ding-a-Ling’. One … Continue reading
Can’t agree what wisdom means? All the more reason to seek it | Aeon Essays
Outside the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England. Photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty There are no transcendent insights that rise above human difference. Yet wisdom exists if we look in the right places Then, one day, your best friend … Continue reading
Restitution Group Files Lawsuit to Prevent Smithsonian Bronzes from Going Back to Nigeria | Art News Africa
by AZEEZA SANNI 13 DECEMBER ART NEWS AFRICA MUST READ WEST AFRICA Restitution discussions have long revolved around the Benin Bronzes. At least 3,000 of the items were looted from the Kingdom of Benin by the British in 1897. On … Continue reading
A Guitar, A Cello and the Day that Changed Music – Radio Diaries
November 23, 1936 was a good day for recorded music. Two men – an ocean apart – sat before a microphone and began to play. One was a cello prodigy who had performed for the Queen of Spain; the other … Continue reading
Timothy Snyder: The Making of Modern Ukraine. Class 23. the Colonial, the Post-Colonial, the Global
How does all this tie together? Class 23 brings the effects of the past century of imperialism into sharp focus. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute … Continue reading
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