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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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5 Contemporary Artists Inspired by Baroque
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
2 months ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
4 weeks ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
4 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
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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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
9 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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What Role Did Women Play in the Scientific Revolution?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
6 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Hades
The God of the Dead
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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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...
over a year ago
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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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
over a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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