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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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Aristotle's Politics
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
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JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
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a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Was Alexander Great?
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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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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
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“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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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...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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More than a Villain
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
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Rules, Rules Rules
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
8 months ago
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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