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Similarities of Propaganda 3: dehumanising the enemy as an octopus Russia 1877, England 1899, Germany 1916, USSR 1938
Michelangelo's sketches, usually unfinished studies for his masterpieces, are almost works of art in their own right
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves" Leo Tolstoy (Portrait: Ilya Repin)
WW1 Map: France & Germany face off, Russia smoking, Austria-Hungary eating the Balkans with Italy's sword in his ear
Dante's Dream at the Time of the Death of Beatrice - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1871
Beer Street (left) & Gin Lane (right) - William Hogarth's 1751 engravings showing the joy of beer and evils of gin