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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
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As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Flashbak
William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
3 weeks ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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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
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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10 Discoveries from Sutton Hoo’s Anglo-Saxon Ship Burial
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
3 weeks ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
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Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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8 months ago
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
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What is Modernity?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:09
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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