#Monument

Steve Marsdin

SteveMarsdin

@hildreth_roger @sommecourt @Brynley_H @PeterHart1915 A thread on the Battle of the Frontiers, 22/08/14, also a Saturday, un samedi sanglant. A series of 15 linked battles, 10 in Belgium, 5 in

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

1/10. Whatever happened to protecting monuments and federal property, which seemed so important to our government this summer and fall? 2/10. The idea of protecting property was used to beat

David S. Anderson

DSAArchaeology

The Olmec were a culture that lived in along the southern Gulf Coast of Mexico more than 2,000 years ago.They are best known for a tradition of monumental sculptures including

🍂 Ezra David Romero 🥧

ezraromero

I fell inw/giant sequoias as a kid. We lived in a farm town an hr away from the big trees. I've camped under them, hiked through them, took dates to

English Heritage

EnglishHeritage

Aliens, giants or the wizard Merlin? There are many different theories about how Stonehenge was built, but how did it really get there? How was Stonehenge built A

Back in Time West London

OldLondonW14

Stairways to heaven. Buckingham Palace Grand Staircase 1896 Grocers Hall 1896 The marble balustrades of the Foreign office in 1926 Inside The Monument’s spiral stairway. The King’s grand staircase in

saranya 🌻

sxranya

In the context of talking about BLM & statues, Lisa Nandy said she would "love to see us putting up monuments to the work, for example that Blair & Brown

SpinnMovieSpot

SpinnMovieSpot

#BattleOfHits Movie EditionTOM CRUISE vs MATT DAMONGo through the thread to vote your fav.Note: if you haven't seen both movies, pls choose the "check Result" option..

Ben Watson

natsecwatson

I drove to Charlottesville, Va., last week to learn a bit about the city's difficult and complicated history — while touring three large Confederate monuments. My tour was led by

Julian Woodford

HistoryLondon

St Mary Aldermary. Wren's beautiful plaster fan vaulting led Nikolaus Pevsner to describe St Mary's as ‘the chief surviving monument of the 17th century Gothic revival in the City and

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

Mary Beard and Simon Goldhill just finished a Cambridge webinar on "Statue Wars — Controversy and Debate" comparing ancient use and abuse of statues to what's happening now. Here's some

The Bubbles Tickle My Tchaikovsky

TheTchaikovsky

Tube stations featured in Bond movies, because I haven't wasted enough of my day.TEMPLE (but filmed at Charing Cross) VAUXHALL CROSS WATERLOO ARSENAL REDBRIDGE MONUMENT ARCHWAY BANK BARKING HIGH

Rehmatullah Sheikh

Sheikh_Rehmat

Might get cancelled by some Muslims for saying this. But whatever - converting Ayasofya from a museum into a mosque is a bad idea. And yes, it's being converted "back"

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

At St Mary’s, Eastwell the vitality of the frothy foliage balances the morbidity of the decaying church.A picturesque lake created to the east of the church in the 1800s caused

Naima Cochrane

naima

I have first hand experience of how things become so normalized as to become detached from their meaning. I know, acedemically, that “dixie” references the confederate south. But having spent

Vic Clarke

vjc_torianist

Okay I have seen the Mary Wollstonecraft statue. I have many questions and they all start with why https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/10/mary-wollstonecraft-finally-honoured-with-statue-after-200-years Like, even the nakedness aside

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