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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”? undefined
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review ‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review JamesHoare Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979 When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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Does FREE WILL Exist? And if not, what are the consequences?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome undefined
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire undefined
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth undefined
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time? undefined
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA undefined
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris undefined
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Free Will Vs Determinism
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele undefined
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero undefined
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know undefined
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master undefined
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt undefined
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy? undefined
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History undefined
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists? undefined
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles undefined
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder undefined
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Cotton & How It Changed the World undefined
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species? undefined
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900) Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction undefined
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Mangal Pandey: The Spark That Ignited the Sepoy Mutiny undefined
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered undefined
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated? undefined
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Plutarch and Pleasure
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist undefined
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley undefined
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah? undefined
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The Fall of a Republic Cato and Caesar
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions undefined
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught? undefined
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Should Death Concern Us? How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism undefined
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million undefined
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933 “History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller     Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas? undefined
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest undefined
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story undefined
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas undefined
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI? undefined
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art undefined
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review ‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review JamesHoare Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War undefined
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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...
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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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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba undefined
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses undefined
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas undefined
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter? undefined
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Weekend Roundup The Best of the Best
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review ‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review JamesHoare Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War undefined
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader? is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts undefined
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’? undefined
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Democracy The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election JamesHoare Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Kikkuli! Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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King John’s Lost Treasure King John’s Lost Treasure JamesHoare Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art ”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic undefined
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker undefined
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin undefined
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know undefined
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art undefined
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Who Was George Hodel? undefined
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States undefined
5 months ago
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World undefined
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome? Is it good, bad or relative?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency. No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude undefined
a year ago
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal? undefined
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting? undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi? undefined
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference? undefined
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history. Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
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Everything is (Somewhat) Connected. But some things are more connected than others.
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp undefined
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale? undefined
10 months ago
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On undefined
a month ago
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay undefined
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Who Was Aleister Crowley? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Animals of the Ancient World
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr? undefined
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal undefined
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive? undefined
a year ago
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Aristotle's Poetics The Science of Art
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre The St Brice’s Day Massacre JamesHoare Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects undefined
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem undefined
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor undefined
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World) undefined
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy undefined
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas undefined
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping undefined
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Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to... We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas undefined
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory) undefined
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh? undefined
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes “We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life   The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement undefined
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Teach Your Children .... Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods undefined
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections undefined
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The world according to Garegnani I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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The Conquest of Space (1962?) I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
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I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism undefined
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation undefined
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible? undefined
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The Wrong Stuff Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas undefined
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version. Wunderland...
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination undefined
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect undefined
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit undefined
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain undefined
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The Birth of Ovid The Birth of Ovid JamesHoare Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings undefined
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations undefined
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The Roman Socrates The Feminist Stoic?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages undefined
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine undefined
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I On cartography as historical argument
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic? JamesHoare Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900) Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII? undefined
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show undefined
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Global Inequality...
“To the Finland Station” Trump as a tool of history
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Overcoming Bias
Fear Change Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that...
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Evolution in animals selects not only for static features, like claws, but also for behaviors that change with context.
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly When Nostalgia Was Deadly JamesHoare Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review ‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review JamesHoare Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction undefined
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings undefined
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’  – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World undefined
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross! A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
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A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer undefined
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024 undefined
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx undefined
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960) Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy! Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy! Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? JamesHoare Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness? undefined
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution undefined
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars? undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
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This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look? undefined
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts undefined
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques undefined
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947) Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime undefined
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism? undefined
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship? undefined
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia undefined
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art undefined
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown? undefined
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family undefined
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters? undefined
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan undefined
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know undefined
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades undefined
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Who Were the Wright Brothers? undefined
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Flashbak
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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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview undefined
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum? undefined
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain JamesHoare Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare? undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years undefined
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion undefined
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum undefined
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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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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism? undefined
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars undefined
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About undefined
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed undefined
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction undefined
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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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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols undefined
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19 undefined
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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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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Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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