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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat? undefined
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques undefined
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most? undefined
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN undefined
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Weekend Roundup Free Will Vs Determinism
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery undefined
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Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus An Epic Start to the New Year
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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Hidden History
The Ocarina The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties undefined
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain JamesHoare Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln undefined
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line? undefined
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge. At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years undefined
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon undefined
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024 Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Who Were the Landsknechts? undefined
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution Britons Caught in the French Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants undefined
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk undefined
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings undefined
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All undefined
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World ...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close undefined
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome Ode to the Giants
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93 undefined
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative undefined
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography? undefined
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What Does It Take to Become a US President? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960) To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus. Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal? undefined
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952) Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a...
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Mara.  Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952 It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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What Is a Film Auteur? undefined
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime “Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime  ...
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime     Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes undefined
11 months ago
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Secrets of the Sirens The Original Femme Fatales?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit undefined
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Victorian Fashion: Were Corsets Really That Uncomfortable? undefined
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece? undefined
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50 ‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50 JamesHoare Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip. Continue Reading
Hundred Rabbits
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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Queen Victoria’s Stalker Queen Victoria’s Stalker j.hoare Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally? Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994 On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism undefined
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit undefined
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life? undefined
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions? undefined
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records undefined
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History undefined
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles undefined
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Philosophy and Children Event: THIS Saturday
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia. Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art? undefined
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs undefined
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis undefined
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work? undefined
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good? undefined
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh? undefined
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne? undefined
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt? undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review ‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review JamesHoare Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation? undefined
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained undefined
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Aristotle's Politics
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs? undefined
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York undefined
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes? undefined
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar? And Those Like Him?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It) undefined
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art undefined
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work? undefined
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard undefined
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico undefined
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Who Was Oswald Mosley? undefined
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE? undefined
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks undefined
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The Wages Of Fear Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
9 months ago
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review ‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review JamesHoare Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958) A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images. Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.) Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die? undefined
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age undefined
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review ‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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What Makes a Conflict a World War? undefined
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution undefined
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time undefined
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects undefined
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India undefined
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million undefined
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Rituals and Religion Belief in the Ancient World
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What Is Transcendentalism? undefined
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC undefined
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes undefined
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know undefined
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Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928) “Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying     On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying     On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance undefined
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964) Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising undefined
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Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
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If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit undefined
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists undefined
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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...
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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...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought? undefined
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899) State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today? undefined
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey? undefined
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature? undefined
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost undefined
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career undefined
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960) The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals undefined
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds undefined
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding undefined
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What Makes the City of London Unique? undefined
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide undefined
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots undefined
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries? undefined
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life undefined
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13 English Words with Greek Origins undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts? undefined
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas? undefined
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture? undefined
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada undefined
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness undefined
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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How Did the Victorian Dead Body Trade Operate? undefined
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria? undefined
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance undefined
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College undefined
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People? undefined
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview) undefined
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo undefined
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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
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds. It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future? Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906 Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ undefined
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation undefined
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt undefined
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus? undefined
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What Is Relational Aesthetics? undefined
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome? undefined
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus undefined
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children undefined
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning undefined
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts undefined
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony undefined
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art? undefined
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian undefined
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent undefined
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works undefined
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad? undefined
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All? Richard III and Kingly Justice for All? JamesHoare Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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The Life of Aristotle More Than A Philosopher
a year ago
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million undefined
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own undefined
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads undefined
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology? undefined
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece undefined
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The Modern World Is Boring. Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum undefined
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music? undefined
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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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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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting? undefined
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Res Obscura
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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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union JamesHoare Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans undefined
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression? undefined
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism undefined
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck undefined
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“You can tell that Garry Winogrand was my hero. I learned so much from him about how to tell a story or a joke within a frame” – Lisa Barlow, Holy Land, USA     In 1980s, Lisa Barlow found Jerusalem in a turning off Connecticut’s Route 69. A huge cross on the roadside alerted …...
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959) This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023 Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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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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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776  – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.     Via University...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention. Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Looking Into Science (1965) Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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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...
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Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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