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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
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An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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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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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
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Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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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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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
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This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
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The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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What Is Solipsism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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And How Do We Learn?
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Summary of changes for June 2023
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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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...
a year ago
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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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
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Columbine 25 Years On
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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Does Free Will Exist?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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The End of the World?
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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...
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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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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Dr Alun Withey
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...
Dr Alun Withey
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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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
Classical Wisdom
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
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Understanding political violence.
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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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...
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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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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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The Julio-Claudians
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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