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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
History Today Feed
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Who Was Tertullian?
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
a year ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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