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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
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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How to Save Democracy
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
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6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
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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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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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a year ago
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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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What is Virtue?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
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The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
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2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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Summary of changes for October 2023
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Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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African History...
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
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They know what they think.
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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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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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
11 months ago
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
8 months ago
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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When Was the First Crusade?
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Martin Luther: A Biography of the Reformer Who Sparked the Reformation
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Africa's past carved in ivory
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Luxembourg in WWII: From Neutrality to Occupation
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
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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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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Sex Before Sex Education
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Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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