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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1168: Voltaire and Science | Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media· 1 day agoEpisode: 1168 Voltaire, Newton, science, and the French Revolution. Today, Newton, Voltaire, and the French Revolution.
Opinion | Barenboim: What Beethoven’s Ninth Teaches Us
New York Times· 2 hours agoMr. Barenboim is a pianist and conductor. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was first performed...
Opinion: Trump uses fear and resentment as weapons as he seeks return to White House
Gannett via AOL· 22 hours agoThe second powerful emotion that Trump has used extensively is resentment. People who have studied...
How Paris’s Dining, Hotel, and Art Scenes Got Their Groove Back—Just in Time for the Olympics
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe French capital's cultural life was already on the upswing. Mix in a major global event, and it's...
Five Best: Books on Clothes
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoReaders of his “The Painter of Modern Life” hadn’t yet recovered from the sartorial shock of the French Revolution, when centuries of monarchic and guild...
Former pirate Johnny Depp returns to the screen as King Louis XV. But will audiences care?
USA Today· 6 days agoThe movie officially marks Depp's acting comeback from Hollywood limbo. Think of "Jeanne du Barry"...
Various events highlight Lafayette's 'rock-star status'
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 6 days agoA lecture-performance exploring music of the early days of the French Revolution — with an ear...
Anne Lamott leads bestsellers as nonfiction pops with new books
The Virginian-Pilot· 7 days agoThe New York Times bestseller list for the week ended April 13: Anne Lamott (on the transformational...
The fashion influencers of the French Revolution
Art Daily· 5 days agoMost days, Anne Higonnet is able to keep her cool. She s a distinguished professor of art history at Barnard College and Columbia University. Her
This HBO Miniseries Offers a Very Different Side to 'Franklin's Story
Collider· 3 days agoIt's often been said that history is about perspective and nowhere is this saying more accurate than...
