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German half-armours of 1575–1580

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German half-armours of 1575–1580

Collage of screenshots: a Change.org petition page against Netflix's Cleopatra show and a news headline about the petition's removal.

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Change.org removes petition against Netflix show “Queen Cleopatra” with 51,625 signatures

Well, well: the petition to axe the history-falsifying show about a black Cleopatra has simply been taken down. How democratic

A bearded man with long hair, in a blue cloak and red robe, walks across a hill; two figures are in the foreground, blue mountains behind.

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Figure of Christ on a barren hill, detail of a painting

The Hôtel Le Grand Mazarin in Paris has lovely rooms, but I would rather not have a carpet hanging over my head, even if it were the most thoroughly cleaned in the world and went by the name of tapestry

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The Hôtel Le Grand Mazarin in Paris has lovely rooms, but I would rather not have a carpet hanging over my head, even if it were the most thoroughly cleaned in the world and went by the name of tapestry

On a stage, a man in a white coat crouches and writes in chalk on a board covered with formulas and graphs. Beside him stands a second man in glasses, also in a white coat.

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Two men in white coats at a blackboard of formulas on a stage

A white-haired woman in a dark jacket and navy skirt holds two russet hens. Many chickens surround her on the gravel, with a panelled stone building and trees behind.

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Elderly woman holding two hens among a flock outside a stone building

Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920-2014)

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Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920-2014)

A pale brick dovecote tower with tiled roofs stands on round stone pillars with flat caps and arches. A meadow and a wooded hillside surround it.

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Brick dovecote on mushroom-shaped stone supports in a meadow

AND I'M NOT SHOUTING!

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AND I'M NOT SHOUTING!

Sergey Bodrov and Aleksey Balabanov on the Set of the Film "Brother"

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Sergey Bodrov and Aleksey Balabanov on the Set of the Film "Brother"

Wolves turn up so often in Latin fables and tales that Italian has kept the expression "lupus in fabula", "the wolf in the tale", which means much the same as the English "speak of the devil"

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Wolves turn up so often in Latin fables and tales that Italian has kept the expression "lupus in fabula", "the wolf in the tale", which means much the same as the English "speak of the devil"

A cream retro-style car with a chrome grille and round headlights stands under a canopy in the light of sunset.

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Retrofuturistic flying cars in the series Hello Tomorrow

Very impressed by the retro-futuristic flying machines in the series Hello Tomorrow. I should very much like to own such a luxurious motor

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