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Was the Trojan Horse Real? Was the Trojan Horse Real? JamesHoare Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures? undefined
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover? undefined
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure? Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure? j.hoare Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg? undefined
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The (history of) spice must flow Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of undefined
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954) I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
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I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954. Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter undefined
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932) An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.  Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.  Borrowing from a book-seller description: Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire undefined
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity? undefined
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the... Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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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...
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story undefined
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Death of a Turkey Legend Death of a Turkey Legend JamesHoare Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City undefined
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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...
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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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What Was the Gospel of Thomas? undefined
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890 undefined
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This Changes Everything! Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit undefined
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism? undefined
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building undefined
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists undefined
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude undefined
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED     We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson? undefined
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists undefined
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World undefined
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To all the newspapers I loved The decline and fall of the print media.
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide undefined
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You? undefined
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society? undefined
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship undefined
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens JamesHoare Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns... The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany undefined
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists undefined
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I Have No Brain But I Must Scream. But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach undefined
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961) Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts? undefined
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines.  ...
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia undefined
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970 In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art? undefined
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations undefined
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World undefined
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites undefined
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US undefined
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate undefined
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It? undefined
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands undefined
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas undefined
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist undefined
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past undefined
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5 Military Geniuses From History undefined
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Marx Truncated A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination undefined
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire undefined
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever undefined
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender? undefined
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review ‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review j.hoare Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring. Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great? undefined
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work? The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Does Free Will Exist? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals ...and the feared Persian Army
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}. Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu. Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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In Defence of Boring Books In Defence of Boring Books JamesHoare Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty undefined
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Weekend Roundup The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms undefined
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking? undefined
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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...
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF? An indispensable organization
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia undefined
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998 In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon JamesHoare Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters undefined
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective. Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
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Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go! We left our mooring at...
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel undefined
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars? undefined
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship? undefined
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures undefined
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836) Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis undefined
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Weekend Roundup Lost and Found
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series undefined
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million undefined
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France undefined
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know undefined
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar? undefined
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance undefined
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope undefined
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election JamesHoare Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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What Is the Ides of March? undefined
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. undefined
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy Why the liberal project will fail
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Essential Classics Memorial Sales Ends
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials undefined
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Weekend Roundup Origins of Stoicism
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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...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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The First Stoic Zeno of Citium
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud? undefined
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Do You Listen Well? Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women Byzantine Bishops at War with Women j.hoare Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior undefined
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions undefined
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Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War undefined
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In Praise of the Preterite Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist undefined
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire undefined
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists undefined
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art undefined
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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Summary of changes for August Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts undefined
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir undefined
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks undefined
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers? undefined
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Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals undefined
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What Is First Corinthians About? undefined
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Immigration and crime: Denmark Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington undefined
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal undefined
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What to do with Columbus? Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes undefined
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”? undefined
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life undefined
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts undefined
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh “The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis   We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm Power laws in criminal behavior
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400) an African portrait of an African society
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963) Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again. What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s undefined
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc undefined
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific? undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor? undefined
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh? undefined
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends undefined
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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...
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe. Noodle,...
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization undefined
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance undefined
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s undefined
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration? undefined
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum undefined
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968 The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding.     These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important? Podcast with Stephen Fry
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema? undefined
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games undefined
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII undefined
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic undefined
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich undefined
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem undefined
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire undefined
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae undefined
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas? undefined
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What is Pantheism in Art? undefined
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections undefined
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative undefined
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution undefined
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World? undefined
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings undefined
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists. The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch undefined
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting undefined
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power? undefined
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932) Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
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This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous? undefined
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome? Is it good, bad or relative?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads undefined
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting undefined
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia? undefined
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How to Steal From Homer Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction undefined
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting? undefined
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone) undefined
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like? undefined
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants undefined
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real undefined
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When Africa discovered Europe *my article for New Lines Magazine
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods undefined
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Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom. Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt undefined
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing. Understanding political violence.
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
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In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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The Furies Vengeance or Justice?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon undefined
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln “I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln     The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections JamesHoare Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition undefined
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express Interrail: The Trans Europe Express JamesHoare Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983 In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies? “Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist undefined
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site undefined
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The Death of a Mnemonist The Death of a Mnemonist JamesHoare Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024 Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered undefined
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692? undefined
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris undefined
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg? undefined
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The Vienna Secession is Founded The Vienna Secession is Founded JamesHoare Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn undefined
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair. Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest undefined
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses undefined
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019 It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture undefined
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t JamesHoare Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century. Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
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Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
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In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible undefined
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides? Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited undefined
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson ‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson JamesHoare Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969 With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd  – they produced similar games, also from the...
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know undefined
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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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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era undefined
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction undefined
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull “When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia. Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
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This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways undefined
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass undefined
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome? undefined
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of... This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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Blast Off (1973) This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off! Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America undefined
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa undefined
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave! Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
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Getting Used To Being Weak. It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care. Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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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...
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA undefined
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925) The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions.     Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957 This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read undefined
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro undefined
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress undefined
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