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ANCIENT HISTORY
View All PostsGiants often feature in children’s stories, and can be fearsome, friendly, or foolish. Giants in older British and Irish mythology are much more frightening.
In 324 BC, Alexander the Great’s Macedonian followers demanded to return home. Facing a tragic end to this relationship, Alexander’s speech brought his soldiers back.
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HISTORY
View All PostsThe cosmopolitan nature of China during the rule of the Tang Dynasty allowed different religions to coexist freely. One of those religions was Christianity.
Hitler and Mussolini are two of history’s most famous dictators. Their deaths also happened within mere days of each other.
PHILOSOPHY
View All PostsOne way Camus’ enigmatic masterpiece "The Fall" (1956) can be understood is as a damning critique of the modern intellectual scene.
Deconstruction has both fierce critics and staunch defenders. How did it start, and what makes it so controversial yet appealing?
ART & ARTISTS
View All PostsIndia’s textile trade goes back to 3000 BC, but between the 17th and 19th centuries, a cotton textile from the subcontinent took over Europe.
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s earliest creative influence came from Gray’s Anatomy, a book his mother gifted him when he was seven.
TRAVEL & CULTURE
View All PostsVincent Van Gogh’s two years in the village of Montmartre shaped his style, while his work shaped the city itself. Discover Montmartre through Van Gogh’s art.
Discover the unmissable highlights at Los Angeles’s Getty Museum, where masterpieces, modern design, and sun-soaked gardens collide in true California style.

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View All PostsThe Bible as literature is a library of diverse ancient texts. Its authors used sophisticated literary strategies to craft a story of immense power.
Women in the Bible did not just participate in history, many helped shape it. But their influence was often hidden behind patriarchal narratives until now.
Stories
View All PostsJane Austen drew on her family life, social circle, and extensive education to write her beloved novels that reinvented the narrative of morality.
Discover the life, legend, and literature of one of the Romantic era's greatest authors, Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley.




























