You are here: Homepage Tag Collection Articles The Iraqi National Library was looted and set on fire in 2003. Thousands of historical documents were destroyed Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images Books | Cultural history Burning the books Libraries, archives and manuscripts: ever since they have existed, they have also been at risk. Librarian Richard Ovenden has written a history of their destruction By Shamil Jeppie 01/07/2022 Boris Tikhonovich Kapustin built this thermos wagon from an old refrigerator in the 1990s. It is used to sell filled dumplings at the market Photo: Vladimir Archipov, www.otherthingsmuseum.com Make it yourself! Hidden Designs Cultural history rarely commemorates home-made objects – even though they often have extraordinary tales to tell. By Vladimir Archipov 10/01/2021
The Iraqi National Library was looted and set on fire in 2003. Thousands of historical documents were destroyed Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images Books | Cultural history Burning the books Libraries, archives and manuscripts: ever since they have existed, they have also been at risk. Librarian Richard Ovenden has written a history of their destruction By Shamil Jeppie 01/07/2022
Boris Tikhonovich Kapustin built this thermos wagon from an old refrigerator in the 1990s. It is used to sell filled dumplings at the market Photo: Vladimir Archipov, www.otherthingsmuseum.com Make it yourself! Hidden Designs Cultural history rarely commemorates home-made objects – even though they often have extraordinary tales to tell. By Vladimir Archipov 10/01/2021
