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Self-immolation is an extreme form of Buddhist practice, not an instrumental device to bring about calculated political change.

The most famous Australian photo from the Vietnam war is derided as safe but the man who took it had the safety of his children in mind during a dangerous job. The photo captures the Anzac ethos.

For the Record: Photography & the Art of the Album Cover celebrates the unique ‘object d’art’ that is the Album Cover and reflects upon its role in shaping and making artists - both in front of and behind the camera.

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A new film about a killer comet revives memories of a nail-biting night in The Times newsroom two decades ago.

Twenty-five years ago, Chinese scientists revealed the first feathered dinosaur. Since then, they have unearthed a treasure trove of exquisitely preserved specimens that put dinosaurs in a whole new light

The best album covers of all time, ranked. Is your favourite on the list? If so vote for the coolest album cover.

Vor 50 Jahren veröffentlichten die New York Times und die Washington Post erste Ausschnitte aus dem "Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force". Die Berichte und Analysen wurden unter dem Namen "Pentagon Papers" bekannt. Die 7000 Seiten des Reports zeigten, dass die Öffentlichkeit und der US-Kongress systematisch über das Vorgehen der USA in Vietnam getäuscht wurden. "Missing Link" Was fehlt: In der rapiden Technikwelt häufig die Zeit, die vielen New...

Malcolm Browne, Burning Monk Today is the anniversary of one of the most well-known pictures ever taken, known as "Burning Monk," taken on this day 58 years ago. Its a picture of the death by suicide of Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, as a staged protest against government repression of the majority Buddhist religion in South Vietnam. The picture was taken by Malcolm Wilde Browne, who had become the APs first permanent correspondent in Saigon when he was stationed there in November of 1961. ...

Abstract: There are important parallels between the 1963 case of the self-immolation of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức and the recent case in British Columbia (2021) of a father who was forced against his will by the court and the state to facilitate the pharmaceutical “sex reassignment” of his teenage daughter. Both cases speak to the desperation of people whose rights were trampled by an invasive all-powerful state and who were ignored by an indifferent and corrupt establi...