Britain’s National Gallery Expands Collection to 20th-Century Works

The museum, renowned for its collection of paintings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, has announced a plan to collect more recent paintings.
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How Artists Resisted Fascism a Century Ago

This Communist-inflected founding ethos, however, soon faced a problem of scale, as Andy Friend describes during his new book ...

Why the racist study of skulls gripped Victorian Britain

The harmful and racist foundations of craniometry have now been discredited, reports Elise Smith, but it had Victorian ...
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Britain’s S-Class Submarine Packed a Mean Punch in World War II

The S-class submarine’s legacy endures as a testament to undersea warfare’s evolution, and the brilliance of early 20th century British submarine designs.
Jewish Press

Early 20th Century British Coats-of-Arms Discovered on Jerusalem Building Walls

The assemblage of drawn coats of arms discovered on the hospital's walls. In an original research model executed by the Israel Antiquities Authority, British royal and nobility coats-of-arms were ...
Science Daily

Less cold: Ocean cold period in the early 20th century less pronounced than previously thought

A new study shows that the oceans were less cold in the early 20th century (1900--1930) than previously thought. During this period the ocean appears too cold due to the way some measurements were ...