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Call to return 700-year-old comb to Jedburgh Abbey
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 1 hour agoIt was common at that time for such items to be owned by and buried with bishops. Such richly carved combs, known as liturgical combs, were used by ...
So Donald Trump is ‘a lot different’ now? Sure he is - till his next major flip-flop | Opinion
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 hour agoNow he’s “flexible” on mass deportations, and has reversed himself yet again on abortion. His appeal...
Martin Scorsese - Director, Producer
TV Insider· 2 hours agoArguably one of the greatest directors of all time, Martin Scorsese made some of the most daring films in cinema history. Starting with "Mean Streets"...
Eyes Wide Shut: The remarkable afterlife of a notorious 1990s flop
BBC News· 3 hours agoStarring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Stanley Kubrick's final film was poorly received on its...
How Yale Launched J.D. Vance’s Career
New York Times· 4 hours agoThe G.O.P. vice-presidential nominee is remembered as a warm and personable student. When J.D. Vance applied to law school, he viewed it as a pathway out...
Amid shelling and blackouts, this is how Ukrainian athletes have been preparing for the Olympics |...
CNN.com· 4 hours agoThe memory of Russia invading Ukraine on February 24, 2022, is lodged in Ukrainian Olympic diver...
Risk Factors Of Using Unpaved Runways, Part 2
Aviation Week· 6 hours agoUnpaved runway surfaces can consist of irregularities and varying composition, all of which lessen an aircraft’s acceleration and make directional control challenging. Portions of the airstrip ...
The Proms can't survive without 'lowbrow' classical music
The i newspaper online iNews· 8 hours agoIt’s the biggest classical...
In Ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins achieved power most women were denied – but at great cost
The Conversation· 8 hours agoYou might have heard of a group of women in Ancient Rome known as the “Vestal Virgins”. Known to the ancient Romans as the virgines Vestales, the Vestal Virgins were a religious collegium (priesthood ...
‘Sinners’ and ‘Russian Talibans’: A Holy War Roils a Once Placid Village
New York Times· 9 hours agoThe village, according to the retired teacher in northern Moldova, was a placid place until the...
