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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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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...
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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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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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When Was the First Flight in History?
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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Physicist and saxophonist Stephon Alexander has argued in his many public lectures and his book The Jazz of Physics that Albert Einstein and John Coltrane had quite a lot in common. Alexander in particular draws our attention to the so-called “Coltrane circle,” which resembles...
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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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...
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The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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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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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
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Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
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“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
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11 months ago
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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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
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Gladiator Combat
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
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Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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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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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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7 African Myths About Animals
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
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Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
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Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
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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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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
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Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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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...
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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...
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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