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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Fear Change
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Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that change with context.
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Global Inequality...
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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African History...
The pre-Islamic civilizations of west Africa
While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously...
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While West Africa has been part of the Muslim world since the late Middle Ages, as famously demonstrated by the golden pilgrimage of Mali's Mansa Musa in 1324, Islam had only arrived in the region at the close of the 1st millennium.
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No Women Allowed?
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Res Obscura
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
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Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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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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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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On the limits of empathy
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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How to Revive Wassailing
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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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.
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Early Christianity
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
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They know what they think.
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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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...
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
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“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
2 months ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
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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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What Is Capoeira?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
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What should we do with Seneca?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Summary of changes for April
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Artemisia of Caria
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Global Inequality...
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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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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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Moving With the Times?
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Moving With the Times?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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What Are Conlangs?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Summary of changes for September
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over a year ago
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Sixth-Century Sword Unearthed in Anglo-Saxon Cemetery
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‘The Tree Hunter’ by Thomas Pakenham review
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Summary of changes for November
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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weird medieval guys
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The Life of Terence
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African History...
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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5 Features of Qing Dynasty Art
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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