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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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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...
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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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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
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African History...
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
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a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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9 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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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...
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 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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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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The Wrong Stuff
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The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
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“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
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How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Wrong Side of...
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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10 South American Artists You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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