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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Immigration data kept behind closed doors
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
4 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
4 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
6 days ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
History Today Feed
US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
US President or American Caesar?
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
5 days ago
Another of my essays in French.
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