Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Stock vs flow approach.
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
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But slowly ...
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Hidden History
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
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TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
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The Wages Of Fear
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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A Collection of...
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Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
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It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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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.
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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Events Listing
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
a year ago
Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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What Is the Ides of March?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
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Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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No Left Turn
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Workers and Peasants we are not.
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Flashbak
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...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
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