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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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a year ago
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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How to Revive Wassailing
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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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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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
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The Moon
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Why I love etymologies
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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Oedipus at Colonus
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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8 months ago
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
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TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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the sucessor of Songhai
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
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TheCollector
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
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Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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4 months ago
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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How Did Socrates Die?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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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
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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7 months ago
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
a year ago
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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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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