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Welcome To Holy Land USA: Inside America’s Jerusalem, 1980
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Overcoming Bias
What Would Socrates Do?
Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open...
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Christians often ask themselves, as a guide to living, “What would Jesus do?” In her new book Open Socrates, my podcast-cohost Agnes Callard suggests we instead ask “What would Socrates do?”
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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weird medieval guys
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a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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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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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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What Were the Consolations of Boethius?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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No Left Turn
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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But slowly ...
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
2 months ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
over a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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A Brief History of Chile
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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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...
a year ago
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 …...
Patterns in Humanity
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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African History...
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government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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5 Ukrainian Virtual Museums to Visit From the Comfort of Your Home
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Classical Wisdom
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Secrets of the Scythians
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Educated rage
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Why not Keynes?
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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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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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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7 Works by Yves Tanguy You Should Know
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
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The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
2 weeks ago
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
8 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
10 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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