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An exhibition exploring the creative and domestic lives of an exceptionally talented 19th-century English-Italian family of ...
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Long before labor protections or plumbing, entire societies depended on jobs no one wanted. Infections, burns, suffocation, and isolation came with the job title.
In the 19th century, a Maryland man broke barriers for Black stage actors and now a local theatre company is remembering his ...
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Rather than focusing on the risk to the Bayeux Tapestry in its forthcoming loan to the British Museum, David Musgrove argues ...