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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Patterns in Humanity
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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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 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
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Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
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This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Open Culture
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Rocket Divers (1962)
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Socrates and the Soul
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Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
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TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
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Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
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Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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The end and the beginning of history
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What Is Theodicy?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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The Performance is Over
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Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Res Obscura
When technology follows art
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From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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7 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
7 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 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...
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
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TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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History Today Feed
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
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Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
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The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
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But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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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. …...
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Aristotle's Politics
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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The Mystery of the Mind
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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No Women Allowed?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Trying to Understand...
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
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We might not be in this mess.
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
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Another of my essays in French.
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
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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.
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The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Beneath the Waves...
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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...
7 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...
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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