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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
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Hey everyone!
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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The Marco Polo Bridge Incident
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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What Is the Book of Acts About in the Bible?
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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They know what they think.
TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Weekend Roundup
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The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon vs. Russia
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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A Collection of...
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...
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
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TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
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Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Open Culture
How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Children During the Holocaust
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In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a German clown in Auschwitz. The result was so awful that he never allowed its release, and it quickly acquired the reputation—along with disasters like George Lucas’ Star Wars...
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
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The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
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These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
a month ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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What Is an Antipope?
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
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Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Pol Pot: Overseer of the Cambodian Genocide
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
Trying to Understand...
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over a year ago
TheCollector
The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Open Culture
10,000+ Free Online Certificates & Badges: A Resource for Lifelong Learners
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For those looking to boost their skills or explore new fields without breaking the bank, Class Central has done the heavy lifting. Known as a search engine for online courses, Class Central has compiled what might be the largest collection of free online certificates and badges...
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
a year ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
Patterns in Humanity
2024 in writing
A brief recap of my 2024 posts
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A brief recap of my 2024 posts
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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a year ago
Open Culture
Why the Tavern Scene in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds Is a Master Class in Filmmaking
Ideally, a viewer should be able to identify the work of a particular auteur from any one scene that...
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Ideally, a viewer should be able to identify the work of a particular auteur from any one scene that the auteur has directed. In reality, it’s not always possible to do so, even in the work of filmmakers with highly idiosyncratic styles. But in the case of Quentin Tarantino, it...
TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
How To Beat Brain Rot
Combat the Word of the Year
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Combat the Word of the Year
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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What Was the 1925 Serum Run to Nome?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
8 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
History Today Feed
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
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‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
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
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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7 months ago
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