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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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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...
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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Magical and Medicinal
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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To all the newspapers I loved
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
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over a year ago
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Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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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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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
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Global Inequality...
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Why Socrates Matters
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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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...
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Classical Wisdom
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
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Roman Empire Podcasts
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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What Is Solipsism?
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
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Journal of African cities chapter 6
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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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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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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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....
10 months ago
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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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
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Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
3 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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