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Prince Philip has died aged 99 @BBC News live 🔴 BBC
Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced. The prince married Princess Elizabeth in 1947, five years before she became Queen, and was the longest-serving royal consort in British history. A statement from Buckingham … Continue reading
How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump
It wasn’t always this way for the Republican Party. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks, like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators, a badge that levels up over … Continue reading
Five words that don’t mean what you think they do | The Conversation
Simon Horobin Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford How words are used change over time and insisting that their original meaning be adhered to is pretty silly. Articles of this kind usually assert that a word’s … Continue reading
Discs Extracted from Antique Porcelain Become Delicate Jewelry by Gésine Hackenberg | Colossal
APRIL 5, 2021 GRACE EBERT From her studio in Amsterdam, Gésine Hackenberg (previously) punches perfectly round discs from Delftware and antique ceramic dishes. The ornate, pearl-like forms are then strung together into necklaces or secured into metal bands for rings and … Continue reading
The Historical Present: Pandemic Connections in an Early 20th-Century Photo | MOMA
A discovery made while designing an exhibition reveals surprising parallels with our current moment. Jane Cavalier, Claire Corey Apr 1, 2021 Behind the curves and corners of MoMA’s Engineer, Agitator, Constructor: The Artist Reinvented exhibition, mural-sized photographic wallpapers reveal themselves … Continue reading
Experience Egypt Live Stream | The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade
The Royal Event is finally here. The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade will roam the streets of Cairo marking a historic day where 22 Royal Mummies will move from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization. Tune … Continue reading
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The Manchester meeting that changed world history: The 5th Pan-African Congress 1945
In October 1945, key figures of the African continent gathered in Manchester, England for the 5th Pan-African Congress. It was the largest meeting of its kind ever seen, with some of the world’s great liberationists and civil-rights campaigners attending. On … Continue reading
The Place Names of Manchester, UK
Ever wondered why Manchester is called Manchester, why it has two rivers starting with an ‘Ir’ sound, why Moss Side isn’t near a moss, or what the hell Crumpsall is supposed to mean? Ever wondered what it looks like to … Continue reading
How do antidepressants work? – Neil R. Jeyasingam
Dig into the discovery of antidepressant drugs, how they work, and what we still don’t know about depression. — In the 1950s, the discovery of two new drugs sparked what would become a multi-billion dollar market for antidepressants. Neither drug … Continue reading
The Almost Universally Misinterpreted Poem “The Road Not Taken” and the Fascinating Story Behind It
[…] In this video: Robert Frost is one of the most critically acclaimed American poets of the 20th century, which is a roundabout way of saying you almost certainly studied one of his poems in school. Most likely, it was … Continue reading
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