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Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024 Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In? Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy? undefined
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off JamesHoare Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth? In politics, well, it depends.
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run? undefined
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages? undefined
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media undefined
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany undefined
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Weekend Roundup Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts? undefined
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance JamesHoare Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers undefined
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961) Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.  Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
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Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.  Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s) Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam JamesHoare Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview undefined
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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the... On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
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On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know undefined
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum undefined
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture? undefined
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland undefined
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha? undefined
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars undefined
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms? undefined
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men undefined
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Hearing the language of Christ on the road to Damascus Notes on Christian Syria
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Stop Making Sense. There are no "why"s in our world.
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked) undefined
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy? undefined
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader undefined
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How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the... Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962) Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan undefined
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice? undefined
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates) undefined
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age undefined
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World undefined
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature? undefined
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Who Is Ai Weiwei? undefined
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist? undefined
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial undefined
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great” undefined
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919 undefined
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s undefined
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle undefined
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth Measuring the Shape of the Earth JamesHoare Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s) This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails.   A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? JamesHoare Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Early Years of Jesus
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff undefined
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene undefined
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist? undefined
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview undefined
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps “Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard   Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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The Search for the Historical Buddha The Search for the Historical Buddha j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright undefined
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review ‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review JamesHoare Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams? undefined
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan undefined
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years undefined
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust? Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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....
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“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...
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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King John’s Lost Treasure King John’s Lost Treasure JamesHoare Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years undefined
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? JamesHoare Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed. They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed undefined
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like? undefined
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1 Books of the Year 2024: Part 1 JamesHoare Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece undefined
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet? undefined
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932) Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French And some associated reflections.
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism undefined
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit undefined
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name? undefined
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House undefined
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent? It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All? Richard III and Kingly Justice for All? JamesHoare Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s “Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project     Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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How Did Romania Become a Country? undefined
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry undefined
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More undefined
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of undefined
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death undefined
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons? undefined
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook. Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019 It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan undefined
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Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society? undefined
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves JamesHoare Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi... The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World undefined
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries undefined
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock? undefined
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact undefined
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert undefined
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James? undefined
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks undefined
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Sacrificial Violence and Retribution In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block undefined
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction undefined
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How Did Averroes Influence the West? undefined
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity? undefined
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II undefined
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice undefined
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich undefined
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Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada undefined
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics? undefined
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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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A (Brief) History of the IRA undefined
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon undefined
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Truth in the old myths On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
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Why are MYTHS Important? Podcast with Stephen Fry
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What Was Little Turtle’s War? undefined
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler? undefined
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution undefined
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection? We can't get there from here, anymore.
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture? undefined
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils? undefined
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized? Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes? Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction undefined
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism? undefined
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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...
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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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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman undefined
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Weekend Roundup The Ancient Novel
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2 Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art? undefined
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance undefined
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon undefined
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal. Left, added a...
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings undefined
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase undefined
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous? undefined
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The Tudor War on Libel The Tudor War on Libel JamesHoare Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up? undefined
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy? undefined
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial? undefined
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look? undefined
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects undefined
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Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers undefined
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones undefined
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn? undefined
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor? undefined
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation undefined
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant? undefined
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters “This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming     Many … Continue reading "Dear...
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband Should you meet your heroes?
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888 The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure undefined
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II? undefined
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s undefined
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary? undefined
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico undefined
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler undefined
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens On the Spot: Kristin Semmens JamesHoare Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme Another of my essays in French.
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President? undefined
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10 Historic Cities for Expats Around the World undefined
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Why Socrates Matters New Event: November 22
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry undefined
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Who Was George Eliot? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Plutarch and Pleasure
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King undefined
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Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927 “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake     Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams undefined
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Global Inequality...
The three German fears Historical origins of the malaise
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Is Subjective Equal to Objective? Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862) the sucessor of Songhai
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844 A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844.     “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines undefined
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt undefined
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain? undefined
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement undefined
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex undefined
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies? undefined
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a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond. uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible? undefined
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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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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times? undefined
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy” undefined
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Cosmonaut-2 (1964) Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE) Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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The Secret Life of Latin Still A Living Language?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha? undefined
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A Short Service Announcement. From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
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From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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Who Invented the Refrigerator? undefined
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Celebrate Cicero!
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023 undefined
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager undefined
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War undefined
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse? undefined
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987) “I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978) A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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France Saves Europe. Again. In a manner of speaking.
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons undefined
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings? undefined
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii undefined
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Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, released a program to create slideshows. GrimGrains,...
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires undefined
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China? undefined
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy? undefined
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President undefined
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series undefined
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations undefined
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998 In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy undefined
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota? undefined
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal undefined
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture? undefined
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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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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Weekend Roundup The End of the World?
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know undefined
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven? undefined
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test? undefined
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author! Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925) The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
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The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions.     Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid undefined
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Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954) So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics? undefined
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon undefined
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare? undefined
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War? undefined
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann undefined
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Summary of changes for December 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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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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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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism undefined
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change undefined
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China And Russia Walk Into A Room. And don't say a word about Europe.
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Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024 Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in... Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’ The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place  “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry? undefined
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar undefined
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Only Connect .... We are lost in a haunted wood.
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment undefined
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II? undefined
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible? undefined
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany undefined
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The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872 An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961) Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963) After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age.  Even if there...
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After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age.  Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
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This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science? undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.