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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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A Collection of...
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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Res Obscura
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Dreams of Space -...
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
5 days ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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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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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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