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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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What Is Theodicy?
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
African History...
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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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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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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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...
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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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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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The First Biographers
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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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 Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Euripides’ Lost Plays
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The Rise of Extractive Politics
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
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If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
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Both in the ancient world... and today?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
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How the South Became Republican
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
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a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Global Inequality...
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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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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Getting our events straight...
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
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Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
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
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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