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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
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Classical Wisdom
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Prometheus and AI?
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Olympics Special
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
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Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Classical Wisdom
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
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For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
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)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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History and Myth
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How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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TheCollector
The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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6 months ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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9 months ago
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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TheCollector
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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3 months ago
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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2 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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7 months ago
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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