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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses undefined
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee undefined
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party. Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976) Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs.   Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Athena Myths of Wisdom
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Weekend Roundup The Best of the Best
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass undefined
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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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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears undefined
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968) I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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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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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius undefined
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis undefined
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses undefined
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African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE) Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview undefined
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats undefined
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition. Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
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Weekend Roundup Animals of the Ancient World
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria? undefined
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures “Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Too Much of Not A Lot Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work undefined
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII j.hoare Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert undefined
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon undefined
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827) “Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin     John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building undefined
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals undefined
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman) undefined
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism? undefined
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal undefined
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How Did Belgium Become a Country? undefined
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Putting Pirates on Trial Putting Pirates on Trial JamesHoare Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Roadside Relics of the USSR We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca undefined
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America undefined
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? undefined
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones undefined
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Xerxes the Great More than a Villain
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know undefined
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar undefined
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics? undefined
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World? undefined
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts undefined
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst? Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954) So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry undefined
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess Babylon’s Mystery Goddess JamesHoare Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
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Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef. Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation undefined
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales undefined
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art? undefined
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Oops! I did it again... Getting our events straight...
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible? undefined
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What Makes the City of London Unique? undefined
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux? undefined
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The Myth of the Minotaur Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking undefined
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8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name undefined
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On undefined
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
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The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius? undefined
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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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Sparta and… Scotland? Laconic wit through the centuries
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia? Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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A Week Off And A New Language See you again soon
a year ago
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What Is the History of Halloween? undefined
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By? undefined
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Who Was Osama bin Laden? undefined
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero undefined
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland? undefined
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times undefined
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible undefined
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial JamesHoare Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit undefined
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea undefined
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981 “Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s  ...
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff! Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration? undefined
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About undefined
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites? undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige undefined
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War undefined
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?” undefined
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979 When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta? undefined
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965 We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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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Weekend Roundup Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia undefined
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch undefined
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For the Love of the Classics Valentine's Gifts
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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...
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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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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism undefined
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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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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions undefined
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia undefined
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values) Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923 To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe undefined
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986 From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
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From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the  club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost undefined
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Would You Kill the Fat Man? Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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What Is an Existential Crisis? undefined
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial? undefined
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Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024 Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents undefined
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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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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration? undefined
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics undefined
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks undefined
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach undefined
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review ‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review JamesHoare Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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Weekend Roundup Love, love, love
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia undefined
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World? undefined
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World? undefined
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know undefined
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7 African Myths About Animals undefined
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age undefined
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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What Is Second Thessalonians About? undefined
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain? undefined
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes “We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life   The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon undefined
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome undefined
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Lower Manhattan in 1973 These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death j.hoare Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins undefined
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World undefined
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time undefined
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration undefined
a year ago
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How the South Became Republican How the South Became Republican JamesHoare Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism New Event: January 7th, 2025
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962) Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959). I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \ http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html AND October 1, 2012...
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric undefined
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim undefined
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich undefined
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986 “As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life? undefined
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy) undefined
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema? 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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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art undefined
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special? undefined
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