Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months.
The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
As I write this sentence, there are 7,313,527,932 people on earth.
Andong South Korea is known for it's Hahoe folk village, but other things to do in Andong are the Moonlight Bridge, Gounsa Temple and more.
Between 1918 and 1919, an outbreak of influenza spread rapidly across the world, and killed more than 50 million—and possibly as many as 100 million—people within 15 months.
The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of photo highlights from around the world, including North Korea and a baby elephant
Ben Affleck opened up about his role in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ during his ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ appearance — read more
The Tumblr account writing-prompt-s invited the writers of the platform to come up with stories surrounding the topic of the end of the world.
The Prince and the Pauper is a novel featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens under the pen name Mark Twain in 1881. Tom Canty (youngest son of a family living with the dregs of society in Offal Court) has always aspired to a better life, encouraged by the local priest (who has taught him to read and write). Loitering around the palace gates one day, he sees a prince (the Prince of Wales – Edward VI). Tom is nearly caught and beaten by the Ro
The U.S., which just celebrated the Fourth of July, is headed toward a "dangerous" fall when the delta variant is expected to cause another surge in new cases.
2017 release. The Heliocentrics are a group for which genres are meaningless and boundaries invisible. Since first appearing on DJ Shadow's 2006 album The Outsider the group have gone on to release a string of records that float through jazz, hip-hop, psych, krautrock, and musique concrete whilst collaborating with numerous genre heavyweights from Mulatu Astake to Gaslamp Killer and picking up prestigious fans along the way, such as Madlib and the recently departed David Axelrod. The primarily instrumental group, who operate out of their vintage analogue studio in East London called the Quatermass Sound Lab, bring in a new singer on album number four - a young Slovakian singer called Barbora Patkova. The result is an album that takes the band, already solidified in ever-expanding grooves and rhythms into new previously unexplored dimensions. The group's deep-set ability to craft music intuitively and impulsively stems from a desire to avoid typical processes or generic structures. Since it's conception, the band's music has mainly been created from live improvisation. This musical approach gives the band it's own sound and identity -\"for anything to happen it must be at that time from the people in the room, and on the spot\". A decade of such sonic adventures has resulted in a tightly knit bond that the group refer to as \"almost a form of telepathy\" with \"musical changes that otherwise would be near impossible to write.\"
After spending three Christmases with little to celebrate during World World One, in 1918 the British people found themselves enduring a festive season under the constraints of a pandemic.
Miles from the nearest road on the great plains of Hungary, the Papp Lukács twins lived in a way that was hardly touched by modernity. Photographer János Stekovics made a fascinating record of their rural lives
And how the mask evolved into an unlikely global symbol of rebellion
The Tumblr account writing-prompt-s invited the writers of the platform to come up with stories surrounding the topic of the end of the world.
Leonor Fini by André Ostier, 1949 Bohemian "It Girl" of Paris, master of surrealist disguise and generally a badass female libertine, Leonor Fini was one of the most photographed people of the 20th century. And yet barely anyone I ask knows her name, even here in Paris, where she once ruled the b
VE Day celebrations, physical distancing and lockdown – the most striking photographs from around the world this week
The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift were a back-to-nature youth movement in the 1920s that wanted to build a better world. Head back in time to their tribal training camp – a riot of hooded men, homemade handicrafts, ritual dances and animal spirit chiefs
I have been working on getting ready for the summer tutoring season and thought I would share some things I am working on with you all. One of the first things I do when I get a new tutoring student is have a conversation with the parents. It's so crucial to gain as much information
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Haus-Rucker-Co. “Environment Transformer” the “Flyhead,” 1968 In the late 1960s, a group of architects in Vienna decided to see what would happen if they created architectural designs that had the ability to alter a person’s state of perception or consciousness, using sensory enhancement or deprivation. Haus-Rucker-Co. “Environment Transformers” left to right - the “Flyhead,” “Viewatomizer,” and the “Drizzler,” 1968 Comprised of Laurids Ortner, Günther Zamp Kelp and Klaus Pinter (and later joined by Manfred Ortner in 1971) the group called themselves Haus-Rucker-Co. In 1967 the group formed around something they called the “Mind Expanding Program” which produced a number of sensory enhancement machines like the “Mind Expander Chair,” futuristic helmets known as “Environment Transformers” with names like “Flyhead,” “Viewatomizer,” and the “Drizzler,” (pictured above), as well as the groovy-sounding, “Yellow Heart” (pictured below). Haus-Rucker-Co. “Yellow Heart” 1968 The psychedelic architects described the experience of being inside the “Yellow Heart” as follows: The idea that a concentrated experience of space could offer a direct approach to changes in consciousness led to the construction of a pneumatic space capsule, called the ‘Yellow Heart.’ Through a lock made of three air rings, one arrived at a transparent plastic mattress....
In contrast to today's rather mundane spawn of coffeehouse chains, the London of the 17th and 18th century was home to an eclectic and thriving coffee drinking scene. Dr Matthew Green explores the halcyon days of the London coffeehouse, a haven for caffeine-fueled debate and innovation which helped to shape the modern world. From the tar-caked wharves of Wapping to the gorgeous lamp-lit squares of St James’s and Mayfair, visitors to eighteenth-century London were amazed by an efflorescence of coffeehouses. “In London, there are a great number of coffeehouses”, wrote the Swiss noble César de Saussure in 1726, “...workmen habitually
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I have been working on getting ready for the summer tutoring season and thought I would share some things I am working on with you all. One of the first things I do when I get a new tutoring student is have a conversation with the parents. It's so crucial to gain as much information
C’est la fin de la semaine et de ce fait j’inaugure une nouvelle rubrique: « The Retro-Vintage Friday ». Chaque vendredi, vous pourrez vous délecter en images des …
The honeymoon stage of any new relationship is one of the happiest, most exciting times in life. Then reality sets in and things go from super happy to regular life. If you employ hacks to massively improve your relationship happiness, you can keep…
Daily numbers of confirmed cases rising again as people rush home to beat border closures
Office work has a lot of advantages. However, sitting for a long time can do harm to your health and body. A review of 47 scientific research projects indicated that people who experience prolonged sitting can suffer from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity. The good news is that Bright Side found 6 exercises which you can do at your desk to feel fresh and full of energy.
Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) was one of America’s most beloved artists, renowned for the covers and drawings that appeared in The New Yorker for nearly six decades and for the drawings, paintings, prints, collages, and sculptures exhibited internationally in galleries and museums. In 1958, when photographer Inge Morath went to his home to make a portrait, Steinberg came to the door wearing a mask which he had fashioned from a paper bag. Over a period of several years, they collaborated on a series of portraits, inviting individuals and groups of people to pose for Morath wearing Steinberg's masks. Another long-term project was Morath's documentation of many of the most important productions of Arthur Miller's plays. (© Inge Morath/The Inge Morath Foundation/Magnum Photos)
