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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know undefined
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento? undefined
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind? undefined
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election? undefined
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah? undefined
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World? undefined
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage undefined
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America undefined
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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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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2 undefined
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences undefined
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power undefined
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects undefined
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique. Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting undefined
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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
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial? undefined
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy) undefined
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s undefined
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz undefined
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 –  2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 –  2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
Classical Wisdom
Democracy The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’ The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place  “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World undefined
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe. Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus? undefined
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism? undefined
6 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh? undefined
10 months ago
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital undefined
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History undefined
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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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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry undefined
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America undefined
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History undefined
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages? undefined
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz? undefined
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular? Some lessons from history and archaeology
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress undefined
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966) The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
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The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950) Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
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Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children. From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York undefined
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar? undefined
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review ‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review JamesHoare Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ undefined
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958 Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About undefined
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us? How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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What Is an Antipope? undefined
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza undefined
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria JamesHoare Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations undefined
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914 Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference? undefined
a year ago
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin? undefined
3 months ago
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work undefined
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga? undefined
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis undefined
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens undefined
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End? undefined
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting undefined
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities undefined
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained undefined
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day? undefined
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism undefined
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive undefined
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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A Brief History of Chile undefined
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines? undefined
a year ago
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique undefined
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi? undefined
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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...
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“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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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring undefined
10 months ago
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists undefined
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion? undefined
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What Makes a Conflict a World War? undefined
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon undefined
7 months ago
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal undefined
9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review ‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review JamesHoare Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese? undefined
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968     You didn’t need...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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New Year, Old Books New Year, Old Books JamesHoare Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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TheCollector
4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration undefined
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity? undefined
a year ago
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric undefined
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
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This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated. And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
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Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
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Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling undefined
9 months ago
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World undefined
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?) My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
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My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact. Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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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
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TheCollector
Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy undefined
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art undefined
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know undefined
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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. Summary Of Changes Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History? undefined
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History undefined
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur? undefined
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What Is Appropriation in Art? undefined
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On undefined
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring undefined
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt undefined
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs undefined
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle More Than A Philosopher
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962) So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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What Was the Underground Railroad? undefined
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society? undefined
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections undefined
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names? undefined
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens undefined
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud? undefined
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling JamesHoare Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024 Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
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Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville? undefined
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair. Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments undefined
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review ‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review JamesHoare Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan? undefined
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872 An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving? undefined
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World undefined
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp undefined
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video) undefined
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Women of Ancient Rome The First Roman Empress and More...
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent? undefined
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance undefined
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky undefined
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones undefined
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst? Without living forever in fear and worry?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend j.hoare Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States? undefined
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War undefined
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings undefined
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders undefined
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth undefined
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln undefined
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024 undefined
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87 undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958) Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."  This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork undefined
2 months ago
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner undefined
a year ago
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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’...
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution? undefined
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji. This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951) Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them.  Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery undefined
2 months ago
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...
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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...
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era? undefined
8 months ago
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas undefined
10 months ago
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76 undefined
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country. A book review from the future.
5 months ago
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians undefined
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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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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass undefined
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism undefined
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece undefined
a year ago
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch undefined
2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
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This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power undefined
8 months ago
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine JamesHoare Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples) undefined
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary. In...
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary. In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit? undefined
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend? undefined
5 months ago
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Gaius Marius ... and the Fall of the Republic
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution undefined
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
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The First Anglo-Burmese War The First Anglo-Burmese War JamesHoare Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln “I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
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“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln     The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths undefined
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Rocketry Though the Ages (1959) This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
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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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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress undefined
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye undefined
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold undefined
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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...
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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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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to... We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900) Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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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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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 Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures undefined
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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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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This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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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...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here. The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again We...
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This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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