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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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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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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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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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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
5 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
a month ago
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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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...
4 months ago
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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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Ancient Atomists
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The Origins of Oppenheimer?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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What is TIME? And Dates?
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Global Inequality...
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
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...
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
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Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Flashbak
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...
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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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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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What Is the Didache?
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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