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How an animation educated the army

In a 1940s cartoon intended to persuade US troops to take malaria medication, the makers pitted a clodhopping soldier against a wily mosquito. If only Private SNAFU had followed the government’s advice.

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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman

How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.

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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion

How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.

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Lustmord and the three perspectives of murder

Artist Jenny Holzer's work shines a light on the three perspectives of sexual murder: the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.

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  • A great battle between two armies. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A great battle between two armies. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Negotiations between two armies outside a castle. Gouache painting by an Indian artist, ca. 1800.
  • A thanksgiving ceremony of the Allied armies on the Square of Louis XV in Paris. Coloured aquatint.
  • Used by all armies of the world, Libby, McNeill & Libby's cooked corned beef, as it is the best.
  • View of the Temple of Earth enclosure, Beijing, China, occupied by the English and French armies on 21st October 1860.
  • Beijing, China: Chinese army guns on the city wall, after capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Beijing, China: walls running from the Anting Gate, after capture by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
  • Chaos in the aftermath of battle with the dead and wounded being attended to as the armies retreat. Engraving by J. J. Kleinschmidt after G. P. Rugendas I.
  • Taku, China: the North Fort on the day of capture from the Chinese by the English and French armies during the Second China War. Photograph by Felice Beato, 1860.
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