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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...
2 months ago
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...
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting January 15th, 2025
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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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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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Open Culture
How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work....
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
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.
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Flashbak
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...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months 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
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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What Was Négritude?
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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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
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
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How Iran Won the West
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Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
a week ago
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
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...
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