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Summary Of Changes
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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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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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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The Birth of Ovid
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Another Of My Essays In French
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Aristotle on Friendship
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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What Was Organization Todt?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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11 months ago
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Global Inequality...
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
a year ago
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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...
10 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...
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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2 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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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...
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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What is the Soul?
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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A Collection of...
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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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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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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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The Life and Work of Pheidias
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Xerxes the Great
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Inside the Catholic State
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The world that created Caravaggio
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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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...
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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