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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
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I talked to Terry Gross!
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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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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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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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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TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Typhoons and mold
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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