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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1168: Voltaire and Science | Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media· 4 hours agoEpisode: 1168 Voltaire, Newton, science, and the French Revolution. Today, Newton, Voltaire, and the French Revolution.
The fashion influencers of the French Revolution
Art Daily· 4 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
Arendt Chic
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFor instance, Arendt’s On Revolution is a close reading of the American and French Revolutions, in which she convincingly argues that their respective...
Five Best: Books on Clothes
The Wall Street Journal· 3 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...
Various events highlight Lafayette's 'rock-star status'
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 5 days agoA lecture-performance exploring music of the early days of the French Revolution — with an ear...
Former pirate Johnny Depp returns to the screen as King Louis XV. But will audiences care?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe relationship between the king and the courtesan gathered steam after the king’s wife died, but...
10 Interpretations of Popular Nursery Rhymes
Mentalfloss· 5 days agoYou’ve probably grown up your entire life without putting much thought into the origins of the nursery rhymes drilled into your head. But it turns out...
How Paris’s Dining, Hotel, and Art Scenes Got Their Groove Back—Just in Time for the Olympics
Robb Report via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoThe French capital's cultural life was already on the upswing. Mix in a major global event, and it's...
Horses show off in Versailles, keeping alive royal tradition on soon-to-be Olympic equestrian venue
WCBD-TV Charleston· 6 days agoVERSAILLES, France (AP) — The historic Versailles Palace Gardens will soon host the Paris Olympics...
Anne Lamott leads bestsellers as nonfiction pops with new books
The Virginian-Pilot· 6 days agoThe New York Times bestseller list for the week ended April 13: Anne Lamott (on the transformational...
