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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
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...
11 months ago
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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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
11 months ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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2 weeks ago
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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
TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
4 months ago
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
a month ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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5 months ago
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.
TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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TheCollector
The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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TheCollector
A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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9 months ago
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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10 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Flashbak
The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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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'?
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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A Brief History of Chile
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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“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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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Externalising Our Hatreds.
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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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...
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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.
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Summary of changes for September
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What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Let's Be Enemies
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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Magna Graecia
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
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Why the liberal project will fail
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
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No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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“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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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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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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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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