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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Brushing for Britain
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
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On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
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