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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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Little People With Agency.
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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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...
11 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...
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
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a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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What Is Capoeira?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Dreams of Space -...
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A re-run--
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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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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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
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In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Columbine 25 Years On
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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