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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
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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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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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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This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Who Was Averroes?
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Secrets of the Sirens
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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A Collection of...
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Hundred Rabbits
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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How Did Socrates Die?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Dreams of Space -...
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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...
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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They know what they think.
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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