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Beyond Mars (1960)
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Summary Of Changes
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
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Start to Infinity (1978)
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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What Is Theodicy?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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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...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
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Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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A Brief History of Chile
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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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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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Trying to Understand...
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
TheCollector
An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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...
2 months ago
“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...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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6 months ago
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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...
8 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...
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
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