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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
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The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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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 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...
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Inventing Cyrillic
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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A Brief History of Chile
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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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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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
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It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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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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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Flashbak
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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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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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...
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“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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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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The First Stoic
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
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The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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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...
Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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9 months ago
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
8 months ago
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...
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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3 months ago
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
a month ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
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The Prostitutes’ Gaze: The Integrity of Mid-Century Sex Workers (NSFW)
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures...
a week ago
“I take photos to amuse myself” – Georges Thiry Georges Thiry (1906 – 19940 took many pictures in his native Belgium. From 1935 to 1975, he produced 40,000 negatives, almost as many contact sheets and a number of prints. His focus was on artist, chiefly Surrealists – René...
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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a year ago
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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5 months ago
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
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....
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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11 months ago
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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a year ago
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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10 months ago
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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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...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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6 months ago
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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6 months ago
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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11 months ago
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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5 months ago
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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3 months ago
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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9 months ago
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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5 months ago
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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a year ago
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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6 months ago
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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9 months ago
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
2 weeks ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
a week ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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2 months ago
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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7 months ago
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
2 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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3 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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3 months ago
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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