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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
Flashbak
Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
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“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Dionysus
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
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One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Aristotle's Politics
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
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TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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weird medieval guys
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Wrong Side of...
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
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Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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3 months ago
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
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11 months ago
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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The three German fears
Historical origins of the malaise
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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You And Whose Army?
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a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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History Today Feed
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
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TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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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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TheCollector
Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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TheCollector
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Living through another great transformation…
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TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sibyls
Ancient Prophetesses
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African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
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TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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