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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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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
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
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Some people never grow up.
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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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)...
8 months ago
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...
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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10 Must-Visit Places Around the World for History Buffs
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
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Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
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When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Summary of changes for January
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over a year ago
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Hundred Rabbits
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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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...
a month ago
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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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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