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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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What Is Solipsism?
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
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Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
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Is more complicated than you might think.
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The Julio-Claudians
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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Who Was Tertullian?
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African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
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Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
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...and the Origins of the Universe
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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