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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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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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Journal of African cities: chapter 12
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How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
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On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Women Smoking Snapshots – Touching The Sublime
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime ...
10 months ago
“Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good” – Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime Richard Klein, Professor of French at Cornell University and editor of Diacritics, quit smoking while writing Cigarettes Are Sublime and has been nicotine-free ever since. So do...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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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...
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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