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The Phoenicians were enigmatic people, who left little in the way of written records. Much of what we know of them from ancient times was recorded by Greek and Roman historians who mentioned their seamanship and shrewd business dealings. Napoleon III put modern historians in touch with the Phoenicians. While subduing a revolt in Syria, he called upon the French scholar, Ernest Renan, to ...

Paul Gauguin His Life and Death

Born in 1848 in Paris, Paul Gauguin’s father, Clovis, was a reputed journalist while his mother was the daughter of Flora Tristan. The half-Peruvian Flora Tristan was an influential socialist activist. Motivated by the society’s political situation, Gauguin’s family left the French capital for Peru when Paul was just three years old. During the long and exhausting journey his ...

Hollywood Stars Stand Up to Cancer

The most recent Stand Up To Cancer PSA advert features a multitude of our favourite Hollywood stars to get our attention. It is a public service announcement that has gone straight to YouTube as it is funny yet sincere. The stars in the video help show the odds of such things as being struck by lightning, getting trapped in an elevator and tripping up whilst texting. It’s a moving advert ...

Queen Latifah Lives Large

Queen Latifah lives a life larger than most women can dream of. She has become the very image of a woman living life on her own terms, breaking barriers and stereotypes along the way. She began by breaking the gender barrier in rap music in the late 1980′s and had signed her first music label deal by the age of 19. This was during a time when rap music was almost exclusively the ...

Oprah Surprises Her Audience with a Trip to Australia and a Special Guest Pilot

Oprah is in her final season, in case you happen to be one of the few who has not yet heard and as everyone knows, Oprah is enormous on surprises for her audience members. Well it has newly been announced that Oprah will be flying 300 of her fans to Australia to film her show in December 2010. During her visit to Sydney, the talk-show queen intends to film 2 episodes of her show in the ...

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