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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
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More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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8 months ago
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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3 months ago
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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6 months ago
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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...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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3 months ago
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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3 months ago
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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4 months ago
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What Was Jim Crow?
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9 months ago
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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3 months ago
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
8 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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9 months ago
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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3 months ago
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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a week ago
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
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What Is Capoeira?
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9 months ago
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
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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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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10 months ago
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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10 months ago
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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8 months ago
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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2 months ago
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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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...
5 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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10 months ago
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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a year ago
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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a year ago
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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12 months ago
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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a year ago
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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a year ago
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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3 weeks ago
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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a month ago
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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6 months ago
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
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What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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3 months ago
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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7 months ago
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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3 months ago
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...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 months ago
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 months ago
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