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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
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A History of Phantom Pain
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How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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Patterns in Humanity
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
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Should Death Concern Us?
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
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TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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Patterns in Humanity
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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Should We Own Stuff?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Typhoons and mold
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
9 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Who Was Tertullian?
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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What Is the Ides of March?
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
African History...
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.
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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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...
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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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...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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