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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Global Inequality...
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
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The World's First Computer
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Why Did Rome Fall?
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Dreams of Space -...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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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...
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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A Collection of...
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Hundred Rabbits
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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A Strange Defeat.
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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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...
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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;...
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
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Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Seneca On Clemency
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Mole Rocket (1965)
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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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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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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That's The Truth?
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In politics, well, it depends.
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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The politics of physiocracy
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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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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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...
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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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Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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What Is Populism?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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The Myth of the Minotaur
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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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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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Early Bird is Ending
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
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Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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How to Give a Speech
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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