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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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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
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In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Culture Status Report
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
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Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Banned Book Week Begins...
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Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Who Was Tertullian?
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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9 months ago
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
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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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
10 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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