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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Constructing Missing Crime Tables
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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over a year ago
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Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Getting our events straight...
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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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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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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Plutarch and Pleasure
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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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
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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a year ago
They know what they think.
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’...
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We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’ Bookshop, where as a teenager writer Alan Bennett worked part-time job. We pop into the County Arcade, walking amid the mahogany shop fronts, pink marble columns, and cast iron...
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
4 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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A History of the United States Senate
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
5 months ago
But right back where we started from.
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Global Inequality...
“To the Finland Station”
Trump as a tool of history
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Trump as a tool of history
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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‘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
10 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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When Was the First Crusade?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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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...
9 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...
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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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,...
6 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...
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...
6 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...
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
a year ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
5 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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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...
2 months ago
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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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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