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Wings over Dover: A secret history of military airfields in Kent By Robin Whitlock Whenever one thinks of Kent during the Second World War, invariably one iconic image stands out above all others: the Supermarine Spitfire. It is this aircraft tha...

The Battleship Potemkin was conceived as an episode of an eight-part series celebrating the failed 1905 revolution. A French magazine article about the mutiny provided the likely starting point for the film’s scenario. The cast was assembled from resident...

Kuwait is a sovereign Arab Emirate state situated in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. The country, which borders Saudi Arabia and Iraq, has a long and interesting history. The first known settlers in the area were the Greeks who set...

London's Westend is greatly thought of for exceptional theatre shows. Along with Broadway in New York, Westend theatre is frequently considered to deliver many of the greatest productions in the world. Viewing a West End production is extremely popular en...

Introduction Canada's fight for independence was unlike the United States. Canada gradually evolved peacefully as a nation while the United States became an independent country through an armed revolution. Contrast between Canada and United States...

Most folk are blind to the wealthy history of San Diego screen printer. The majority of the patterned fabrics we buy today have been industrially broadcast - a slightly new process that is's fast, outlined and colossally flexible. But screen printing ...

Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, architect, esotericist, educator and social thinker born in the early 1861 and died in the early 1925. Steiner achieved initial acknowledgment as a cultural philosopher and literary reviewer. After the First Wor...

Fritz August Breuhaus achieved much and for this, he truly deserves praise and recognition. A favourite of glamour and fashion magazines, he was a rare combination of various artistic features. From his earliest building constructed at the age of 22 to th...