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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Devant la guerre
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
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, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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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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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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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...
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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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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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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What Is an Antipope?
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Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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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...
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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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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
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And not just the fighting bit.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
History Today Feed
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
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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TheCollector
The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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The Tudor War on Libel
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Overcoming Bias
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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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 Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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What Was Négritude?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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