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British Bird Watcher Stumbles Upon Real Buried Treasure on a Walk
By Madeleine Muzdakis on January 18, 2021 This is not your typical walk in the park. In September 2020, a British bird watcher stumbled upon real buried treasure. While this sounds like the makings of a tall tale, it’s … Continue reading
An Oral History of Wikipedia, the Web’s Encyclopedia
The definitive story of Wikipedia on its 20th anniversary It’s hard to imagine the internet without Wikipedia. Just like the air we breathe, the definitive digital encyclopedia is the default resource for everything and everyone — from Google’s search … Continue reading
Black Owned – Jackson
Introducing Black Owned, a film series exploring the Black entrepreneurial spirit and its essential contribution to the American economy through the perspectives of business owners.
BBC Radio 4 – Poetry Please, Eve L. Ewing
Chicago poet, sociologist and comic writer Eve L. Ewing chooses from the listener requests Source: BBC Radio 4 – Poetry Please, Eve L. Ewing
World Music 2020
What a year ! Edited by Cee-Roo Composed by Cee-Roo & FlexFab VFX by Noé Ciompi Mixed by Silvano Käppeli
Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government | BBC News
In 1898 a white mob stormed Wilmington, North Carolina and forced locally elected leaders to resign. The mob burned down the offices of the Wilmington Daily Record A violent mob, whipped into a frenzy by politicians, tearing apart a … Continue reading
Sue Takes on the Sutton Hoo Helmet | Curator’s Corner S6 E5
The excavations at Sutton Hoo during 1939 were unique for a number reasons. We’re not sure the exact number of reasons (like Irving, maths really isn’t our thing), but there were definitely enough for Netflix to make an original, dramatized … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Chilling Food
A fresh way to keep food cool and cut food waste. Chilled lorries are the backbone of our food distribution system, keeping our pork pies and hummus safe and fresh on route to the supermarket. The problem for our air … Continue reading
Democracy is a threat to white supremacy—and that is the cause of America’s crisis
Darren Walker, President Ford Foundation 7 JANUARY 2021 Why the attack at the US Capitol is proof that democracy is the greatest threat to white supremacy I have long believed that inequality is the greatest threat to justice—and, the … Continue reading
Sheanderthal | Aeon
Not all Neanderthals were ‘cavemen’: half were women. What can archaeologists tell us about how they lived? The first Neanderthal face to emerge from time’s sarcophagus was a woman’s. As the social and liberal revolutions of 1848 began convulsing Europe, … Continue reading
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Modernism vs Postmodernism | Unemployed Philosopher
Reading List: Modernist Theory Texts: Huyssen, Andreas, After the Great Divide: Modernism, Mass Culture, Postmodernism http://www.bookdepository.com/After-t… Mary Ann Gillies and Aurelea Mahood (eds.), Modernist Literature: An Introduction http://www.bookdepository.com/Moderni… David Ayers, Modernism: A Short Introduction http://www.bookdepository.com/Moderni… Ann L. Ardis, Modernism and … Continue reading
What is: Brutalism?
ne might consider Brutalism as the ‘marmite’ of architectural history: it is a style that is systematically loathed and revered. HRH Prince Charles once compared one of the icons of Brutalism, Britain’s National Theatre, to a nuclear power station. A … Continue reading
