Fred Branfman, writer and peace activist, passed away on September 24, 2014, at the age of 72 in Budapest.

Here's an idea of the range of artwork going on show at Baltic in Gateshead from March 15 until September 1

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Old School Fencing Ladies

Lewis, who became a civil rights icon and a longtime Georgia congressman, died July 17 at the age of 80.

Miniature of a monk (Bede?) kissing the feet of St Cuthbert, from the preface to Bede's prose Life of St Cuthbert, England (Durham), 4th quarter of the 12th century, Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 1v Last year the British Library was pleased to announce the acquisition of the 7th century...

Nearly two million children had to skip meals, to make do with smaller portions or even go a day without eating between March and September, according to a survey of parents

Lewis, who became a civil rights icon and a longtime Georgia congressman, died July 17 at the age of 80.

On September 19, 1580, Catherine Willoughby, the Duchess of Suffolk, died. She was lucky to be one of the only females in Tudor England to marry twice and have successful happy marriages.

We offer this important caveat to efforts by some to persuade people to withdraw their signatures from amongst the hundreds of thousands that are submitted by sponsors to the Secretary of State fo…

Albert Speer, born Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, (March 19, 1905 – September 1, 1981), is one of the most well-known German architects of the Modern Era, and was responsible for the designing of such buildings as the Headquarters of the European Community, and for the major reconstruction of Berlin after the Second World War. The majority of the buildings he has designed were massive feats of engineering, bigger than the majority of the buildings he based his designs on, such as the mass

Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.

View the comic strip for Strange Brew by cartoonist John Deering created March 13, 2013 available on GoComics.com

Climate marches around world draw thousands

A new docudrama tells the story of Noor Inayat Khan. The daughter of an Indian Sufi leader and an American woman, she was a radio operator who became essential to operations in Nazi-occupied Paris.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The SS rounded up patients and doctors from the psychiatric hospital (pictured) and took them to Concentration Camp Poznan.

A brief pictorial history of socially sanctioned sexism.

Arlette Sztajner/ Andre Sztajner Gender: female toddler/ male infant Birth: Dec. 1939/ March 1942 Nationality: French Background: Polish+Jewish Residence: Rheims, France Death: September 23, 1942 Cause: Gassed Age: 2 years/ 5 months People in photo include: Arlette Sztajner and Andre Sztajner

Wall ArtThe Masses, March 1914, by Hugo Gellert. The Masses was a graphically innovative anti-war magazine of socialist politics published in the U.S.A. from 1911, until it was banned under the Espionage Act of 1917! New, high quality, individually printed, reproduction from original vintage art. Amazing wall art sold as art print, canvas art (on request), posters.DIGITAL DOWNLOADS

Josef Sudek (b. March 17, 1896, Kolin, Bohemia – d. September 15, 1976) was a Czech photographer, best known for his haunting night-scapes of Prague. Originally a bookbinder, Sudek was badly injured during action by the Hungarian Army on the Italian Front of World War I in 1916. Although he had no experience with photography and was one-handed due to his amputation, he was given a camera and studied photography for two years in Prague under Jaromir Funke. His Army disability pension gave him leeway to make art, and he worked during the 1920s in the romantic Pictorialist style. Always pushing at the boundaries, a local camera club expelled him for arguing about the need to move forwards from 'painterly' photography. Sudek then founded the progressive Czech Photographic Society in 1924. Despite only having one arm, he used large, bulky cameras with the aid of assistants. His early work included many series of light falling in the interior of St. Vitus cathederal. During and after World War II Sudek created haunting night-scapes and panoramas of Prague, photographed the wooded landscape of Bohemia, and the window-glass that led to his garden (the famous The Window of My Atelier series). He went on to photograph the crowded interior of his studio (the Labyrinths series). His first Western show was at George Eastman House in 1974 and he published 16 books during his life. Sudek's individualism did not fit in with the new post-war Czech Socialist Republic, but fortunately the strong artistic tradition of the country meant that there were many mavericks in the establishment who supported his work, and it continued to be published. Finally he was to become the first photographer to be honoured by the Republic with the title of 'Artist of Merit' and in his 70th year, his life's work was recognized by the 'Order of Labour'.

Jeanneke from the Netherlands led a group of quilters in making lots of scrap house quilts. You can see photos of all the quilts at BuildingHousesFromScraps. They used rubber stamps to mark the fabrics. These houses are tiny! They measure 3" square! (Thanks for that info in your Comments.)

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