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Albert Einstein's desk as it remained after the scientist's death
Albert Einstein's desk, just as he left it after his death
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In 1844 a student did not complete university over a Latin credit and went into service
Have you ever been expelled from university? I have. What stings most, by common consent, is when it happens over some useless, off-profile, run-of-the-mill subject. As in the case of our former student, a fellow traveller from 1844. A man who had shown a sound knowledge
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The future King Charles III and his younger sister Princess Anne, photographed to mark the Prince of Wales's eighth birthday
The future King Charles III and his younger sister Princess Anne, photographed to mark the Prince of Wales's eighth birthday. Photo by Lord Snowdon
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Queen Elizabeth II, her younger sister Princess Margaret, her cousin Princess Alexandra of Kent and her cousin-in-law Katharine, Duchess of Kent hold their children, born in the same year within a very short span of one another, in the course of…
The year 1964 gave the British royal family four children. On 29 February Princess Alexandra gave birth to James, on 10 March Elizabeth II gave birth to Prince Edward, on 28 April the Duchess of Kent gave birth to Helen, and on 1 May Princess Margaret gave birth to Sarah.
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Anna Akhmatova, 1915
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On 4 February 1912 the French tailor Franz Reichelt, who had devised a parachute suit for jumps from a great height, tested his own invention on himself by leaping from the first platform of the Eiffel Tower, from 57 metres
On 4 February 1912 the French tailor Franz Reichelt, who had devised a parachute suit for jumps from a great height, tested his own invention on himself by leaping from the first platform of the Eiffel Tower, from 57 metres. And was killed
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Prince William photographed his mother when he was 14
When Princess Diana died, Prince William was 15 and Prince Harry was 12
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A Most Unusual Peter I in an Engraved Portrait from the First Printed Biography of Peter and the Lifetime Edition of "The Present State of the Russian Empire" of 1717
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The Vatican, St Peter's Square in the 1950s
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Demna's black dress of 2021 and the archival mock-ups of Cristóbal Balenciaga
In 2020 Demna Gvasalia announced the return of the Haute Couture line to the House of Balenciaga, where in Cristóbal Balenciaga's day it was the principal means of artistic expression. The graphic silhouette of the black dress with a hat from Demna's Autumn/Winter 2021-22
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Ancient Egyptians judged the dead and denied burial to those who had lived in depravity
Among the ancient Egyptians there was a praiseworthy custom, that over the dead a strict judgement was held, as to how they had conducted their lives. And if in all truth they found the honesty of their living, they deemed them worthy of a magnificent burial, lamented by all. But