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A Collection of...
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Beware Policy Abstraction
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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over a year ago
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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History Today Feed
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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Wrong Side of...
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Summary of changes for February 2024
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Classical Wisdom
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
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History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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What Was Jim Crow?
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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9 months ago
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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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)
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
Open Culture
John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The...
3 days ago
Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Weekend Roundup
Classical Wisdom Books
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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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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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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10 months ago
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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