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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Patterns in Humanity
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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The Electoral College Explained
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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And what happens when we don’t?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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Res Obscura
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
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a year ago
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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Understanding political violence.
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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***Only 15 Seats Left
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*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
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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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
TheCollector
Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
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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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
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The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
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American polarisation: part 2
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Monet Haystack Painting Could Fetch $30 Million at Auction Next Month
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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African History...
The General History of Africa
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
8 months ago
a comprehensive look at states and societies across the continent's entire history.
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
4 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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