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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Radio Caroline, the Pirate Radio Ship That Rocked the British Music World (1965)
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The Art of Pompeii
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
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over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
2 months ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Dreams of Space -...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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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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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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No More Heroes.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Res Obscura
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
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A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
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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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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Global Inequality...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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A Collection of...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
10 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
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