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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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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 month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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Arguing with the Dead
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Important Notification
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
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a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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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...
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Global Inequality...
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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A History of the United States Senate
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
Overcoming Bias
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Summary of changes for March 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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The Art of Pompeii
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Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Monsters and Myths
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
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Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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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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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Trying to Understand...
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Trying to Understand...
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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Here are a few modest ideas.
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
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Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Global Inequality...
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Weekend Roundup
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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How to Save Democracy
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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Socrates and the Soul
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Weekend Roundup
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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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...
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Dry Toilet Installation
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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What Is an Antipope?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Who Was Eusebius?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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6 Must-See English Castles
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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