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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
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A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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US President or American Caesar?
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North Pacific Logbook
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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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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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
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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!
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Myths and Metamorphoses
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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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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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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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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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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the sucessor of Songhai
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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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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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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