#French

The Art Curators

theartcurators

Baya Mahieddine (born Fatima Haddad, 1931-1998, Bordj El Kiffan, Algeria) was a self-taught Algerian artist. Orphaned at age 5, she worked on her grandmother’s farm & was discovered by Aimé

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

The Great Scottish trading ports - Berwick, an important Scottish trading port This map shows the location of Berwick, Scotland's most important royal burgh and trading port before 1300. Situated

ramy

mdiyntoshemsho

The adoption of the Lebanese dialect as the country’s official language and the promotion of the Lebanese language as being independent from Arabic is purely on the basis of convenience.

DoYouSEEWhatIC

Awnye5

Leading London Jews were running the first modern war concentration camps where over 60,000 whites & blacks died, including more than 14,000 mostly white children who were subjected to Burroughs

Bodleian Libraries

bodleianlibs

Q4 of today's etymology quiz.The name of which trade may be traced back to a Roman instrument of torture? (BTW Answers are being posted under each original tweet after a

Byron York

ByronYork

Dilemma for writer Virginia Heffernan. When it snows at her 'pandemic getaway,' helpful neighbors plow her driveway unbidden. Do a 'great job.' What a nice thing! They don't do this

Sarah Diligenti 📚✒

Sarah_in_USA

THREAD on "Dr": 1/xthe sudden rage on Twitter about the title of "Dr." is very interesting and revealing of the differences between countries/eras too.When I arrived in the US 26

Bryan A. Garner

BryanAGarner

Formative moment in my life: When I was in fourth grade, a teacher asked for the children to name a contraction. She called on me: "shan't," I said. "No, that's

AfricaX Media

africaextended

1/ If you are looking to get into a Canadian University as an international student, follow this thread. Getting admission into a Canadian university, requires that you have the right

Marco Chitti

ChittiMarco

I would add that the "buy America" does not what an industrial policy is supposed to do: strengthening the national industry. The French, when they started the "tramway renaissance" in

ASTENE

ASTENE1997

#BOTD Frederic Leighton (1830-1896). As well as a painter and sculptor, President @royalacademy and doyen of Victorian London, Leighton was a prolific traveller - most notably visiting large parts of

Michael Shurkin

MichaelShurkin

1. I've been slowly chipping away at German/#Bundeswehr history/strategy/doctrine. A scholar whose deep expertise I respect offered an interesting observation I hope to validate or debunk: The contemporary Bundeswehr's been

Jamie Schler

lifesafeast

In France there are no tv campaign ads. There are no lawn signs. There are no bumper stickers or truck flags. Presidential campaigns last 100 days. There’s a voting station

Olivia Thompson

livyaugusta

I understand many people’s misgivings about Latin & Greek language requirements, and the frustration of people with more interdisciplinary skills who have been undervalued.But the current fashion of white scholars

Toasted Barrels

toastedbarrels

Today is international #DrinkChenin day! Chenin Blanc is arguably South Africa’s most planted and versatile grape varietals. With its origins in France, South Africa has led the count in the

Beth Rigby

BethRigby

Brexit talks: Despite intense negotiations over past 24 hours (fuelled by pizza and sandwiches) told by UK source that ‘talks have gone backwards a bit today. Barnier returns to Brussels

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