X has been used to represent love and kisses for centuries. But how did it start?
While the origins of the cross as a kiss are still debated, the answer likely lies in the letters of working-class lovers ...
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John Bauer: The Swedish Master of Fairy Tale Art (Bio, Art & Facts)
John Bauer was a Swedish artist, though born in Germany in 1882. When he was thirteen years old, his father’s charcuterie ...
From fifth grade to the NFL, the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley has always given his teachers gratitude
Saquon Barkley has been one of the busiest people in New Orleans, but on Wednesday afternoon, with a flock of reporters trailing him down a hallway, he ...
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The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
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What 15th-Century Lovers Wrote in Their Valentines
The world's oldest Valentine is on display in the "Medieval Women: In Their Own Words" exhibition at the British Library in ...
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9 beautiful examples of 1920s type to inspire your Art Deco designs
The 1920s saw incredible transformation in typography and graphics more broadly. It was, in fact, the decade when the term ...
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Old meets new inside this art dealer’s late-Victorian three-storey home
This story is part of the February 9 edition of Sunday Life.See all 14 stories. This treasure-filled terrace with a sleek extension mixes antiques with contemporary art. Victorian-era details ...
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Art and Design
An exhibition at the Hammer Museum shows why. By Siddhartha Mitter A jury found them guilty of conspiring as part of a crew to steal art, sports memorabilia and artifacts from smaller museums.
Viking-age hoard found in Scotland a decade ago had indecipherable runes — until now
Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...
Maverick McNealy learns that winning late in the year is not as rewarding as winning early
Winning still has plenty of perks on the PGA Tour, from a two-year exemption to invitations to the Masters and the PGA ...
Meet the man behind Leeds United’s murals: ‘I’m not Leonardo da Vinci’
Like thousands of Leeds supporters down the years, you may have travelled down Elland Road itself and seen Robert Endeacott’s latest canvas ...
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Submit a letter to the editor - The Denver Post
The Post welcomes letters up to 250 words on topics of general interest. Letters must include full name, home address, day and evening phone numbers, and may be edited for length, grammar and ...