culture. education. literary studies.
Manโs belief in survival of life after death is one of the oldest expressions of religiosity, firmly embedded in the very foundations of organised religion. Right from the prehistoric times humans have been keenly interested in what happens to the soul after the demise of the physical body, as evidenced by the earliest funerary rites. …
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I've read all the canonical Sherlock Holmes stories and took notes of his dietary habits. Here's what I found out.
Montague Rhodes James was a British writer and scholar. While his academic work in the field of Medieval Studies remains relevant to this day, it is something altogether different that he is now best known for; namely, his ghost stories.
Working with students, Iโve realised many of them struggle with tasks connected with art. They are often reluctant to approach the subject because they donโt know much about the history of art, or they feel they lack relevant vocabulary. As they tell me, they wouldnโt know how to describe a painting even if they had …
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