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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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The Popol Vuh: A Maya Myth Told in Dance and Song
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
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over a year ago
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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How Did the Victorian Dead Body Trade Operate?
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Beware the Lides of March
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Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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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...
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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...
Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
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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...
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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...
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Wrong Side of...
Technology indistinguishable from magic
Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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The Essential Greeks
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
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Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Weekend Roundup
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
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“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
a year ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
a year ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
12 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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What Are Conlangs?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
11 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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