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So… sit back and get comfortable, because we all know Henry VIII, right? A big, burly man… red hair… six wives, a split-in-two England, and an appetite for power (and food) that would make any living—or dead—human pale in comparison…? Got the image? Good! But perhaps few remember that before him, there was his grandfather……
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Allora… sedetevi comodi e iniziamo col dire che tutti noi conosciamo Enrico VIII, giusto? Lui, un omone alto, massiccio… capelli rossi… sei mogli, un’Inghilterra spaccata in due e un appetito per il potere (e per il cibo) che farebbe impallidire qualsiasi essere umano, vivente e non…? Ce l’avete presente? Bene! Ma forse in pochi ricordano…
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“Eroticism is the approval of life all the way into death.” Georges Bataille At the heart of every authentic erotic experience lies a desire that goes far beyond physical pleasure: an ancient, almost religious need for total union, for the dissolution of boundaries between self and other, between flesh and the invisible. Georges Bataille described…
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“History is written by the victors.” And never has this phrase been truer especially when it comes to Richard III. For centuries, Richard’s name has been synonymous with tyranny, treachery, and cruelty. A deformed king, power-hungry, even capable of murdering his own nephews just to cling to the throne. This is the image etched in…
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“La storia è scritta dai vincitori.” E mai frase fu più vera, soprattutto se si parla di Riccardo III. Per secoli, il nome di Riccardo è stato sinonimo di tirannia, tradimento e crudeltà. Un re deforme, assetato di potere, capace perfino di assassinare i propri nipoti pur di tenere stretto il trono. Questa è l’immagine…
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If I were to mention these two names: Richard III and Harald Sigurdsson, you might not immediately see why I have chosen to place them together in the same sentence. And yet, these two kings have far more in common than one might imagine. History is filled with rulers whose greatness was overshadowed by the…
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Probabilmente, se vi dicessi questi due nomi: Riccardo III e Harald Sigurdsson, non vi verrebbe in mente il motivo per cui ho deciso di metterli insieme nella stessa frase. Eppure, i due re hanno molto più in comune di quanto si possa immaginare. La storia è costellata di sovrani la cui grandezza è stata oscurata…
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When we think of the Middle Ages, we often picture dirty, sickly people, foul-smelling streets, and a complete lack of hygiene. But was it really like that? Let’s debunk a myth… In reality, personal hygiene was more common than we might think, though the practices were quite different from ours (which makes some of them…
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Quando pensiamo al Medioevo, spesso immaginiamo persone sporche, malate, strade maleodoranti e una totale mancanza di igiene. Ma era davvero così? Proviamo a sfatare un mito… in realtà, l’igiene personale era più curata di quanto si pensi, anche se con abitudini diverse dalle nostre (il che rende alcune pratiche piuttosto inusuali e, in alcuni casi,…
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How many times have we felt like we knew a place we had never visited or had a special connection with someone we just met? Or perhaps we’ve noticed striking resemblances to a historical figure or felt an inexplicable urge to act in ways that seem to belong to another era. Of course, we’d all…
Beyond Death 