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Vivien Leigh as Emma, Lady Hamilton photographed by László Willinger for United Artists as publicity for That Hamilton Woman (1941), directed by Alexander Korda. That Hamilton Woman (1941) was reportedly Sir Winston Churchill's favourite movie. He claimed to have seen it 83

Flags of the British Empire and All Nations, London, 1914

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. —- J.R.R. Tolkien

Analysis of rare tablets unearthed at the Assyrian capital of Nimrud, which were thrown down a well when the city was sacked by the Babylonians in 612 B.C., revealed that they were made of beeswax, or ivory or wood coated with beeswax—as records suggest. archaeology.org/issues/july-au…

Pretty in pink 💖 An infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades star cluster.

'The Captain of the Guard' by William Breakspeare (1856-1914).

Watching foreign affairs lately feels like watching badly choreographed ballet.

When filming wrapped on THE GOONIES (1985), director Richard Donner was desperate to get away from the noise on set and went home to Hawaii. Steven Spielberg sent the cast to Hawaii to surprise Donner on his birthday. Here's the amazing footage.

Three Sioux Indians in full regalia perform a "buffalo dance", while two others use drums to supply a rhythm. Produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, 1894.

[1960s] “It would be wrong of me to say so, but in this country [USA] money is more important than love. Most people here betray you and that's why there is so much chaos. I want to get away from here. I am homesick for Vienna . . . because my home is Vienna and Austria, not

'Godrevy Light, Cornwall' by Bryon Cooper, 1903.

Golden Lion, by Takeuchi Seiho, ca. 1901

My former Mayor.

A moment for Belsay Hall, Castle and Garden’s amazing Quarry Garden. 💚🌼 With dramatic ravines, this part of the garden was created when stone was quarried for the hall. It even has its own microclimate, meaning that all sorts of incredible exotic plants grow here.

A "Stars in Battledress" troupe under the direction of Sergeant Sid Millward entertains Royal Army Medical Corps orderlies and convalescent servicemen at No 35 Casualty Clearing Station in Reviers, France, 24 June 1944. Film: IWM A70 58-7

Official map of the #StarWars universe ✨

Flags of the British Mercantile Marine, Liverpool, c.1920.

One of the iconic Caryatids overlooking the city of Athens. Photographer: Walter Hege.

'Morning after Storm, Mid-Atlantic' by Thomas Moran, 1914.