The Great Fire of London
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'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from...
The Madness of Cambyses
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'Do you see your son, standing over there, in the antechamber? Well, I am going to shoot him.' The...
The School of Rome: Latin Studies and the Origins of Liberal Education
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This fascinating cultural and intellectual history focuses on education as practiced by the imperial...
The Life of a Stupid Man
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'What is the life of a human being - a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'...
Model Behaviour
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"I'm sick of all this pointless glamour," his glamorous girlfriend said. "I want a simple life." If...
Agnes Varda Between Film, Photography, and Art
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Agnes Varda is a prolific film director, photographer, and artist whose cinematic career spans more...
On the Move: A Life
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When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will...
Wailing Ghosts
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'...revealing great shining fangs more than three inches long.' Some of the most macabre and...