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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
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In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“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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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Battle of the Historians
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
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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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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
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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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
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