Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
2 months ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
2 months ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”...
5 days ago
“My spelling is Wobbly. It’s good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh In The Handwriting of 12 Famous Authors we look at writers who communicated in long hand, and sometimes wrote their books in the same manner. For...
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
11 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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6 Most Common Ethical Dilemmas of the 21st Century
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
a month ago
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Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
3 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
a year ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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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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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
a year ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Flashbak
A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’...
2 weeks ago
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’ Bookshop, where as a teenager writer Alan Bennett worked part-time job. We pop into the County Arcade, walking amid the mahogany shop fronts, pink marble columns, and cast iron...
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
12 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
11 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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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...
11 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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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
9 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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History Today Feed
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
JamesHoare
Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
Some lessons from history and archaeology
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
9 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
6 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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What Is Theodicy?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
over a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
5 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Flashbak
A Trip To Butlin’s In 1982
‘Our true intent is all for your delight’… – Butlin’s holiday camp motto Photographer Barry...
a week ago
‘Our true intent is all for your delight’… – Butlin’s holiday camp motto Photographer Barry Lewis takes us on a holiday to Butlin’s Skegness in 1982. This was first ever Billy Butlin holiday camp. It opened at Skegness in 1936 – and still exists today. Lewis had worked for...
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
3 weeks ago
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
4 months ago
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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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
7 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
3 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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Death of a Turkey Legend
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
a month ago
Death of a Turkey Legend
JamesHoare
Sun, 12/08/2024 - 00:00
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’
a month ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
a month ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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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...
2 months 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.
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
a month ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
3 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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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...
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
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Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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John Coltrane Draws a Picture Illustrating the Mathematics of Music
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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Fell in Love with Fire : A Documentary about the 2019 Uprising in Chile
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Five years in the making, this hour-long film documents the uprising that swept Chile from October 2019 to March 2020, showing how everyday people sustained six months of rebellion by creating extensive networks of self-determination and mutual aid.
This is an inspiring portrayal...
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
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We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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Where Did King Arthur Fight His Legendary Battles?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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The Performance is Over
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
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I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Events Listing
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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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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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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What Is Panpsychism?
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Should We Navel Gaze?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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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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5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
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According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Maths, Art, and the Moon
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Hidden History
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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Moving With the Times?
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Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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What Is Philippians About?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Arizona
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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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...
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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...
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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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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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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10 Must-Visit Historic Sites in San Diego
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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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...
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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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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Gracchi, Part I: Tiberius Gracchus
This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2)...
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This week, we’re going to talk a bit about the brothers Tiberius (trib. 133) and Gaius (trib. 123-2) Gracchus, the famous Roman reformers of the late second century. There’s actually a fair bit to say about both of them, so we’re going to split this treatment over two weeks,...
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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