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How 19th-Century Guidebooks Shaped the Way Visitors Saw New York
"Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ...
Queer theatre in the 19th century was a place of codes, cross-dressing and blackmail
The theatre offered queer Victorian men a space to express their identities, at a time when homosexuality was criminalised.
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Covid-19 Ranks Among Deadliest Disease Outbreaks in History
Five years after the virus was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2025, worldwide deaths from Covid-19 are estimated at 19-36 ...
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From Picasso to Pistoletto, These Artists Daringly Reimagined 20th-Century Portraiture
From Pop art icon Andy Warhol to master of Arte Povera Michelangelo Pistoletto, these artists transformed the genre of ...
What old trees can teach us about modern wildfires
A recent study underscores how humanity’s success in extinguishing fires has allowed dead wood and other flammable material ...
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Why People's Styles Haven't Changed Much Over the Last 20 Years Compared to Previous Decades
Jason Pargin wondered why, when we look at images from 20 years ago, the styles don't strike us as being any different than ...