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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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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)."
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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How to Give a Speech
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Forgotten Gods
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
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For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
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“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Socrates and the Soul
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Should We Be More Naked?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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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...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
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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...
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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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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When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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