Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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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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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
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Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
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Hey everyone!
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
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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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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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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...
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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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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Summary of changes for June 2023
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a year ago
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100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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They Say They Want Rearmament ....
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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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"...
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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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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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The Mother of Rome
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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African History...
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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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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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...
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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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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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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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...
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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. ...
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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What Is an Antipope?
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Searching In Science (1965)
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Odysseus in the Underworld
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What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
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Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Should We Be More Naked?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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