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Ending at the most well-known home to the guillotine, Place de la Concorde, you will have time to discuss the impact of these historical events on politics, society, and culture in France today.

Writer Nat Dyer on how David Ricardo's abstract models pushed economics into fantasy — and we all paid the price ...

Gómez, the first woman to direct movies in Cuba, created a body of work that’s revolutionary in form and politics alike.

Bill Gates became, at 31 years old, the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. Personal computers were rapidly becoming ...

Thanks to two British researchers, my family recently uncovered the incredible history of William Bleakley and how he played ...

By combining sequences from Stampfer’s original discs, Renoldner crafts a mind-bending narrative that alternates between biography and abstract imagery. More than just a tribute to Stampfer, the film ...