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Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
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The Skeleton Dance, Voted the 18th Best Cartoon of All Time, Is Now in the Public Domain (1929)
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which...
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The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which “skeletons hoof and frolic,” the peak of whose hilarity “is reached when one skeleton plays the spine of another in xylophone fashion, using a pair of thigh bones as hammers.” The...
Hidden History
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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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
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Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
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Far Out Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
“A complete treatment of the construction and use of lensed optical instruments. Presented in three...
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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The KGB After Stalin
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Welcome To Holy Land USA: Inside America’s Jerusalem, 1980
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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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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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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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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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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Astrolabes & Sextants: How Our Ancestors Navigated the High Seas
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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10 Historic Towns in Tennessee You Should Visit
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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What Is Affection in Philosophy?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
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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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857: Causes, Events, & Legacy
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
2 months ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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What Is Colossians About?
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Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
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Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Dr Alun Withey
To Tip or Not To Tip: A Victorian Traveller’s Perspective
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how...
a week ago
Like it or not, tipping is a big part of hospitality and the service industry. Debates about how much/whether to tip rumble on, but they are not new. Even in the 18th and 19th centuries, travellers were complaining about the amount of unwanted or unexpected extras they had to pay...
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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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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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
a year ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
3 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
7 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
6 months ago
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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