Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison: The Concert Documented by Photographer Jim Marshall
Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” still stands as the ultimate outlaw song. With the infamous line “I shot a man in Reno just to watch...
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Victor Hugo's Slightly Scary Drawings
Victor Hugo wrote poetry, novels, and drama—more than enough for any mortal—but he also made some four thousand drawings over the course...
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The Cato Street Conspiracy
On 23 February 1820, a new sort of terrorism was foiled when police raided a backstreet stable loft in central London and caught men...
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The Man Who Re-wrote 'Offensive' Shakespeare
In 1807 Thomas Bowdler published his first edition of “The Family Shakspeare”. The book contained 24 versions of Shakespeare's plays, all...
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Giacomo Puccini And The Struggle With Madama Butterfly
February 17, 1904 Madama Butterfly had its premiere at La Scala in Milan—“a date that marks one of the worst fiascos in the history of...
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My Good Friend Roosevelt
Perhaps better than anyone else, Fidel Castro was keenly aware of the fact that the histories and destinies of Cuba and the United States...
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64 People and Their Famous Last Words
In her 2014 memoir, Ginger Alden revealed then-fiancé Elvis Presley's final words before his death in 1977. During a night of...
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The Photographer Creating a Pantone Colour Chart For The Human Race
Photographer Angélica Dass’ Humanae project is cataloguing every human skin tone to reveal the complexity of colour and race. When...
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Darwin And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Even the smartest people who ever lived, have days when they feel dumb — really, really dumb. Oct. 1, 1861, was that kind of day for...
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Sebastião Salgado - Conservationist, Photographer
An exemplar of the tradition of 'concerned photography', Sebastião Salgado is one of the most widely-respected of contemporary...
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William Morris in Iceland
Few talents dominated Victorian England like William Morris (1834 -1896). Known primarily today as a designer and creator of wall...
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