Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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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...
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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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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
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What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
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Both in the ancient world... and today?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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Ancient Podcasts
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
4 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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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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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Why Socrates Matters
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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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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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Battle of the Historians
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
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Out Of Control.
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Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
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At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
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British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
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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...
3 weeks 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 Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
a month ago
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
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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...
3 weeks ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
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“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
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Because that's all they can do.
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm...
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Open Culture
Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Kurt Vonnegut’s Letter of Advice to People Living in the Year 2088
There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters...
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There was a time when a company like Volkswagen could commission various luminaries to write letters to the future, then publish them in Time magazine as part of an ad campaign. In fact, that time wasn’t so very long ago: it was the year 1988, to be precise, when no less an...
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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