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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
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Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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The Art of the Interesting
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Cerberus: The Three-Headed Dog of Greek Mythology (Myths & Origins)
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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The Popol Vuh: A Maya Myth Told in Dance and Song
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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What Is Populism?
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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But right back where we started from.
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
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Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Hagia Sophia to Open Mysterious Underground Tunnels to Visitors
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
12 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Peter (Simon) of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Death, Legacy
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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The Modern World Is Boring.
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What Is an Antipope?
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Is Sufism a Part of Islam or Separate From It?
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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over a year ago
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Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Who Was Tertullian?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
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a complete history of an African monument
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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Res Obscura
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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The Life of Terence
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Open Culture
Nirvana Before They Were Nirvana: Watch Their 1988 Performance Recorded in a Radio Shack
Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the...
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Here’s a strange home video of Nirvana when they were unknown, playing inside a Radio Shack in the band’s hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. The video was recorded on the evening of January 24, 1988, after the store had closed. In those days the group went by the name of Ted Ed...
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Patterns in Humanity
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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Summary of changes for January
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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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...
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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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...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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What Is Capoeira?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Open Culture
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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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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weird medieval guys
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So who does?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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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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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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Yves Tanguy: 6 Facts About the Outstanding Surrealist
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Global Inequality...
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Overcoming Bias
What Would Socrates Do?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
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Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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The World in a Cloverleaf: A World Map from 1581
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In 1581, the medieval cartographer and Protestant theologian Heinrich Bünting created a symbolic map of the world that adorned his book Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae (Travel Through Holy Scripture). Hand-colored and shaped like a three-leaf clover, the map put Jerusalem at its...
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10 Historic Hill Towns in Italy You Should Visit
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Wrong Side of...
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Discover This Historic Massachusetts Town Just Beyond Boston’s Reach
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
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The kinetic phase may come next.
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Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
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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...
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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CrimethInc.
Capitalism Thrives on Death—Death to Capitalism : Two Posters
Ahead of Halloween, on the heels of several months of forest fires, hurricanes, and heat waves, we...
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Ahead of Halloween, on the heels of several months of forest fires, hurricanes, and heat waves, we present two posters—”Capitalism Is the Dance of Death” and “Capitalism Thrives on Death.” Learn how to make wheatpaste and cover the walls of your community in these!
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
11 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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