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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Dr Alun Withey
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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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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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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.
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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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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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
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11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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The Wrong Stuff
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The Diversity Paradox.
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It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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Summary of changes for November 2023
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.
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Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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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.
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Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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They didn't know. But they know now.
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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The Life of Aristotle
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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