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Calendar Ortodox 11 iunie 2021. Sărbătoare importantă vineri, când este celebrat unul dintre cei mai iubiți sfinți ai Bisericii Ortodoxe. Sfântul Luca al [...]

The final battleship battle in history has long been considered a one-sided slaughter.

The best British museums and art galleries to visit in the UK now Museums, galleries and other art spaces have started to reopen. Where can you go, and what can you see? 28 May 2021 • 9:06am Naum Gabos Constructed Head No.2 is one of the artworks reopening at Tate St Ives  Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire As lockdown measures are lifted, we are now allowed to go inside other places other than our own homes and supermarkets, art galleries are back open, whether for a family outing or just a wande...

A team of eight developers are working on Chronicles of the Second War, a fan-made remake of the original Blizzard RTS Warcraft 2. The project has been gaining momentum due to custom assets and cool concept videos, but there’s still a few roadblocks in the way — including Warcraft 3: Reforged.

“History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books— books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, ‘What is history, but a fable agreed upon? ‘”— Professor Robert Langdon The Decline of an Empire Why did World War One happen?  The conventional fable agreed upon begins on June 28, 1914 with the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo.  ...

Museums, galleries and other art spaces have started to reopen. Where can you go, and what can you see?

A complete guide to British museums and galleries reopening Museums, galleries and other art spaces have started to reopen. Where can you go, and what can you see? 13 May 2021 • 6:12pm Naum Gabos Constructed Head No.2 is one of the artworks reopening at Tate St Ives  Credit: Ben Birchall/PA Wire Art is back. During lockdown, of course, it never truly left. But the joys of a solo mooch around a gallery, or a family outing, were put on hold.  But now, from May 1 in some parts of the UK, and ...

Substack: I read it on vacation, and it is not a book I would suggest you take with you to the beach. Unless you want to spoil your vacation. But once you have made such a choice, you cannot stop reading it and the book will stay with you throughout your stay (and I believe much longer). This Summer I read, almost back-to-back Adam Tooze’s “The deluge” and Mazower’s book. The first covers the period 1916-31, the second, the Nazi rule of Europe 1936-45. They can be practically read as a ...

What Do Confederate Monuments and German Composer Richard Strauss Have in Common? Readers of these occasional pieces will know that in addition to political issues, I also sometimes take a look at cultural questions, especially the role that film, music, and the arts play determining the direction of our civilization. The arts are both the natural product and the creative work of our culture, a kind of essential gloss which more than most anything else expresses our values, our innermost belief...

I love this special live rendition. The brave men who gave everything for the South are my people and I couldn’t be more proud to claim and honor them. There’s actually some real history here. The lyrics tell of the last days of the Second War for Independence and the suffering of the South. Confederate soldier Virgil Caine “served on the Danville train” (the Richmond and Danville Railroad, a main supply line into the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia from Danville, Virginia, an...