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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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The Electoral College Explained
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
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Which Playwright did it better?
Trying to Understand...
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Global Inequality...
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
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Art of the Hellenistic Period
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How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
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a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Wrong Side of...
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Gaius Marius
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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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.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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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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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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