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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Monsters of Mythology
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Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
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The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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...
9 months ago
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...
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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David Roberts & Frederick Catherwood: Artists of Ancient Egypt & Maya
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The Birth of Ovid
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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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...
a year ago
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....
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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2 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
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
5 months ago
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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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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TheCollector
Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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4 months ago
Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“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...
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
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
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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