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Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
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Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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African History...
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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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
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We might not be in this mess.
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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The Essential Greeks
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***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
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“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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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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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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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...
8 months ago
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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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
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American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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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...
8 months ago
“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 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
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We are lost in a haunted wood.
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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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
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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‘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
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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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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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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