#1941

Alexandre Delaigue

adelaigue

At age 11 New Zealander bill Phillips repaired an old bus and drove it to school with a few other peasant kids like him. At 15 he left school and

Brett Holman

Airminded

INTRODUCTION. This is the twitter version of the Zoom seminar on #AerialTheatre I gave yesterday to Deakin @Contemp_History entitled "History from below, looking up: aerial theatre, emotion and modernity": https://www.facebook.com

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

ThreadThe pandemic hasn't impacted Jim Acosta's appetite, I'm glad to see.But Acosta isn't really the problem. WE are.Too many of us are under the spell of the Fallacy of the

Leonardo Albajari

leoalbajari

En 1939 Schalke 04 jugaba una nueva final de tantas durante el nazismo y terminaría ganándola por 9 a 0. Los programas en el estadio se promocionaban así. Ayer el

kumar

theonlykumar

77 Films to Watch Before You Die..1.Memories of Murder (2003)2.Fight Club (1999)3.Persona (1966)4.Stalker (1979)5.Bicycle Thieves (1948)6.Schindler’s List (1993)7.8½ (1963)8.Annie Hall (1977)9.Apocalypse Now (1979)10.Chinatown (1974)11.P

louie greek help

louiegreekhelp

As today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, here are some facts about the Jewish community in Greece. In Roman times, the number of Jewish people rose due to immigration, and constituted

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Today in pulp I look back at the work of Victorian illustrator Sidney Sime.Come this way... Sidney Sime was born in Manchester in 1865. After working as a miner for

Mike Abrantie

mikeabrantie

THREAD: A quick Easter story about the origins of this prolific photo. It is known as the Chicago Boys or Sunday’s Best. It was taken by two white photographers (Russel

Rabih Alameddine

rabihalameddine

Bruce Davidson, Time of Change, 1962 Wayne Miller, Chicago, Black Labor Union Workers on Strike, 1950 Vivian Maier, Untitled Walker Evans - Garage, Atlanta, Georgia, 1936 Ruth Orkin, Storm, Greenwich

OperationBenjamin

OperBenjamin

We are grateful to the @usabmc for approving the request we submitted on behalf of Harry Cordova - a 98-year old #WWII vet - to change the headstone of his

Kim Philby

LOQUEDIGAELFMI

Hacia un federalismo europeo. Teniendo en cuenta vínculos con grupos que abogan por una Unión Federalista Europea, sería fácil ilustrar que el movimiento para la independencia de Cataluña parte de

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 80th Birthday Vivienne WestwoodA thread http://waldina.com/2021/04/08/happy-80th-birthday-vivienne-westwood/ Today is the 80th birthday of the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. She was punk before punk was punk. The world is a bett

Aaron Astor

AstorAaron

One reason the Belarus protests resonate with me so much is that my ancestors lived in a shtetl called Haradzisischa for hundreds of years. It was a mostly Jewish village

Charles Arrowsmith

ArrowsmithUSA

“That women were left out of the nation’s founding documents, and out of its founders’ idea of civil society, considered, like slaves, to be confined to a state of nature,

S.P.A.

TheRealSPA

Happy 97th Birthday Linda DarnellA thread http://waldina.com/2020/10/16/happy-97th-birthday-linda-darnell/ Today is the 97th birthday of Linda Darnell, a woman who's success was at times overshadowed by her personal life. The world is

John B

johnb78

Something that I've been really getting into recently is reading about WWII in the Pacific from the point of view of the Japanese sailors and commanders involved. This is one