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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The KGB After Stalin
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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A Few Spots Left
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Global Inequality...
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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War Is Complicated.
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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You And Whose Army?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Overcoming Bias
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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No Left Turn
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Flashbak
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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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Patterns in Humanity
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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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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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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