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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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When Was the First Crusade?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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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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The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
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Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
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American polarisation: part 2
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
4 days ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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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...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months 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
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Classical Wisdom
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Animals of the Ancient World
6 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Essential Classics
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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What Is the Didache?
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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What Was the Chaco War?
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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The Modern World Is Boring.
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Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
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Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
Classical Wisdom
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
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Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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A Collection of...
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...
a year ago
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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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Patterns in Humanity
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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A Collection of...
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Hundred Rabbits
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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A Brief History of Chile
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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Stoicism and Stress
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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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....
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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