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A Funnel In Both Directions—how Global Movement Mirrors The Age Of Empire

“It is often said that the only constants in life are death and taxes. But history suggests a third certainty—migration. As nations build borders and societies imagine themselves rooted in myths of permanence, humanity has always been in motion. Civilisations rise, expand, splinter and reform; people leave, arrive, return and transform the very places they…”

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How the Cold War killed creativity

People online love to joke that “men used to build things”, usually paired with a photo carousel of the Taj Mahal, Registan Square or Versailles. Behind the humour is a real point. Art once occupied a central place in public life, and the people remembered across empires were often philosophers, poets, architects or scientists whose… Continue reading How the Cold War killed creativity