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Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to light the remarkable true history of how Muslims gave sanctuary to French Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris during Second World War. An untold “Oscar Schindler” story, the film is inspired by actual events and in this case, our ‘Schindler’ is Si [...]
‘The arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty in Madison Square Park, New York. These portions of the Statue were exhibited to raise funds for the completion of the statue and its pedestal. The arm and torch remained in the park from 1876 until 1882. ‘Members of the public could pay fifty cents to [...]
The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis is being held. Quick history recap: Napoleon was exiled to the British island of St. Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. It was on this island that he was poisoned with arsenic by his own [...]
Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute short, making their lines up as they went along. The film celebrates 100 years for the French luxury brand, looking back at Coco’s first pret-a-porter shop in Deauville that was financed by her lover at the time, Arthur ‘Boy’ Capel. I’m not [...]
Attention archive photography lovers! There’s a new Tumblr in town by National Geographic called FOUND, set up in honour of their 125th anniversary. What better way to celebrate a birthday than to go digging through one of the most interesting photographic archives in the world…. ‘FOUND is a curated collection of photography from the National Geographic [...]
As if Google Street View wasn’t already cool enough, allowing you to virtually be in two places at once, there’s a new website in town that’s translocating you one step further– into history! You’ve probably looked up your street or your house on Google Street View already, right? What if you could also compare [...]
High heels were not originally intended to be worn by women. In fact, the coveted red-soled Christian Louboutin shoes were famously inspired by a French royal and notable trendsetter of the high heel, King Louis XIV of France. He passed a law ensuring only members of his court could wear the red-soled heels he sported, making it [...]
I‘m not the kind of person you’re going to catch waiting in a museum queue that goes round the block to get my fix of history and culture. So here’s Nessy’s pick of museums off the beaten path in Paris… 1. Musée des Arts Forains (The Fairground Art Museum) Images by Julie Lefort Little-known even [...]
I‘m not used to seeing segregated America in pretty pastels. Typically, the civil rights photography we look at is in black & white and instantly disturbing. But these rare pictures, discovered after the photographer’s death at the bottom of an old storage box, wrapped in paper and masking tape and marked, “Segregation Series,” are unlike any [...]
A very informative little video on how the modern Santa Claus came to be. You’ll be an expert on Santa just in time for a debate at Christmas dinner! Happy holidays wonderful people ♥ ::: YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: .
Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
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The garden state; where gas prices are cheaper and boardwalks are longer, and also where Napoleon
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Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
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Attention archive photography lovers! There’s a new Tumblr in town by National Geographic
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As if Google Street View wasn’t already cool enough, allowing you to virtually be in two
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High heels were not originally intended to be worn by women. In fact, the coveted red-soled
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I‘m not the kind of person you’re going to catch waiting in a museum queue that goes
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I‘m not used to seeing segregated America in pretty pastels. Typically, the civil rights
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There is no feeling quite like it, when you realize you’ve discovering something that’s
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Here’s something different for a holiday party– Dr. Pepper, as in the cherry cola, served
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Gift giving can be a little tricky because you don’t want to give mediocre presents to your
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Behind the number 12, rue Chabanais, a typical building on a typical back street not far from the
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So it’s that time of year again when magazines do their crappy annual gift guides,
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Just a photograph of your average Nazi rally in Hitler Germany. Or is it? At the launch of a German
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