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Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
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To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
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How Did Socrates Die?
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
a month ago
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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8 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)
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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4 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
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...
2 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
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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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 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...
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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3 months ago
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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a year ago
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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8 months ago
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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a month ago
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 months ago
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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a year ago
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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a year ago
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
8 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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10 months ago
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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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...
11 months ago
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 Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
4 months ago
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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2 months ago
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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2 months ago
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
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How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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2 months ago
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
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