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Start to Infinity (1978)
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Who Was Tertullian?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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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...
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
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...
a month ago
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...
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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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...
a year ago
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
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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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.
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
10 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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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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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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History Today Feed
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
2 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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TheCollector
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
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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
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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