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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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The Electoral College Explained
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Summary of changes for June
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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.
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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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...
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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How Did Socrates Die?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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the promise of pancakes
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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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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Summary of changes for January
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Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Summary of changes for May
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Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Summary of changes for July 2023
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Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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