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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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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...
3 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
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It's about having small expectations.
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
3 weeks ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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We-ell, you know ....
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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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...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
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.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
3 weeks ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
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Animals of the Ancient World
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
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
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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What Is Voguing?
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Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
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A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
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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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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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The Conquest of Space (1962?)
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Summary of changes for March 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Dreams of Space -...
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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.
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Arguing with the Dead
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Trying to Understand...
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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