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By Art and Architecture, mainly on Apr 26, 2024 in: Britain, history, literature
The term Grand Tour first appeared in the Voyage or a Compleat Journey through Italy 1670, by Frenchman Richard Lassels. Published in London, the book became a guide for scholars, artists and art collectors who were planning...
By Boing Boing on Apr 22, 2024 in: History
Analysis of a 1,500 year old grave in northwestern Argentina, containing the skeletons of a person and a fox, suggest that the fox was a human companion. For CNN, Mindy Weisberger writes that humans domesticated foxes thousands of years ago. Archaeo...
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Apr 19, 2024 in: architecture, Australia, history
600 ks east of Perth, the City of Kalgoorlie was a unique expression of gold fever. Unlike most goldmining towns, which last for perhaps a decade, Kalgoorlie includes the famous Golden Mile and has an economy driven by gold since 1893. The central...
By North Coast Voices on Apr 17, 2024 in: history, politics
The Me Too Movement began in the United States around 2006 and in 2017 the #meetoo hashtag went viral when actress Alyssa Milano tweeted ‘me too’ in the United States and in Australia journalist Tracy Spicer invited women to tell thei...
By Boing Boing on Apr 17, 2024 in: History
In 1984, George Orwell created a slogan for his oppressive government, The Party — "Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the present controls the past". Written in 1949, he could have been describing the state propaganda machine...
By Boing Boing on Apr 15, 2024 in: History, News, politics, satire
You know it's going to be a treat when Donald Trump starts ramblng about history. At a rally in Pennsylvania last night, the former president treated his cult-like followers to a baffling "lecture" about the Battle of Gettysburg that was heavy on wor...
By Business Insider on Apr 14, 2024 in: News, history
Milton Hershey, J. Pierpont Morgan, and Henry Clay Frick were among the notable figures who never made it on the Titanic.