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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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We left our mooring at...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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5 days ago
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
9 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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a year ago
TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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4 days ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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3 weeks ago
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
3 days ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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a week ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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a month ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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a month ago
TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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5 months ago
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.
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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12 months ago
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
TheCollector
What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 months ago
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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3 months ago
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
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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