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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare undefined
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance? undefined
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories undefined
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author? undefined
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous? undefined
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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...
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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...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
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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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a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world. the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors undefined
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures undefined
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects JamesHoare Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City undefined
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The Art of Pompeii Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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The world according to Garegnani I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi? undefined
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated? undefined
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Was the Trojan Horse Real? Was the Trojan Horse Real? JamesHoare Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn? undefined
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea? undefined
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader? is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City undefined
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? undefined
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA? undefined
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests undefined
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art undefined
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Summary of changes for October Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Who Was Oscar Wilde? undefined
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’ undefined
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe? undefined
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit undefined
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Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864) On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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War in Dreamland Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas undefined
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale undefined
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography undefined
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation? undefined
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law? undefined
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890 undefined
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Who Was Django Reinhardt? undefined
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great? undefined
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Three steps to freedom Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans undefined
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Advice from the Ancients
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact undefined
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970 In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company? undefined
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers undefined
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained undefined
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The 4 Most Controversial Historical Events from the Past 200 Years undefined
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal? undefined
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization undefined
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig undefined
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement undefined
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review ‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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Little People With Agency. No, not that Agency.
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House? undefined
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards? undefined
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People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew “If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
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“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century)   What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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Your favourite half-British president We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It undefined
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film? undefined
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism? undefined
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg undefined
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques? undefined
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest undefined
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties undefined
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires undefined
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Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed Part One, anyway. More next week.
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio? undefined
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters? undefined
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens undefined
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Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes." Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance? undefined
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare? undefined
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII? undefined
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A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912) Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe undefined
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore undefined
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Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values) Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece undefined
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia undefined
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916. The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung? undefined
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History undefined
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire undefined
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution undefined
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts) undefined
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty JamesHoare Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War undefined
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets undefined
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement? undefined
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset undefined
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office “If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
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“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead   From faces...
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room undefined
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism Heraclitus against Parmenides
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology undefined
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World undefined
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner undefined
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery undefined
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages undefined
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations undefined
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview undefined
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A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520. During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist? JamesHoare Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution? undefined
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam JamesHoare Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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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 100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook. Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World? undefined
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered undefined
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Weekend Roundup The Secrets of Crete
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960) Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s undefined
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler? undefined
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die? undefined
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot? undefined
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement undefined
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker Queen Victoria’s Stalker j.hoare Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds? undefined
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels undefined
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction undefined
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony undefined
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series undefined
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts undefined
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles? undefined
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Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims undefined
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World undefined
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period? undefined
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Events Listing Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind undefined
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats? undefined
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Weekend Roundup Tolkien and Plato
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Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
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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...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919) William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World? undefined
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US? undefined
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read undefined
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Where did the time go? Important Notice
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Who Were the Samaritans? undefined
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House? undefined
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review ‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review JamesHoare Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas? undefined
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain JamesHoare Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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...
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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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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy undefined
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins) undefined
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy undefined
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia? undefined
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History undefined
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views undefined
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain So who does?
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What Is Populism? undefined
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome undefined
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The Search for the Historical Buddha The Search for the Historical Buddha j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know undefined
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When Lightning Strikes... Literally A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts? undefined
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat? undefined
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Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election undefined
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages. Starting with Spanish.
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War? undefined
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What Was the Great Migration in the US? undefined
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire undefined
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life undefined
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries undefined
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970) Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas.  I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy? undefined
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist undefined
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements undefined
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation undefined
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside “I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit     Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit     Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg? undefined
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Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
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American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism undefined
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For undefined
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters “If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you...
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“If you spent your life concentrating on what everyone else thought of you, would you forget who you really were? What if the face you showed the world turned out to be a mask… with nothing beneath it?” — Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes     Volker Hermes lampoons traditional...
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978) A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann undefined
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir? undefined
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots “I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand   In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand   In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America.   In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time undefined
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady undefined
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’ The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place  “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading undefined
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin? undefined
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire? undefined
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Jesus In Photos – The Mid-Century Years Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was...
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Early images of Jesus look not much the Jesus we see today and in the Turin Shroud. Back then he was bushy haired and youthful, soft-bodied like the Jesus at the Arian Baptistery, hopeful and free. The face was based on the best looking heathen gods. In the Middle Ages, Jesus...
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery undefined
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Dry Toilet Installation The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques undefined
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61) The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Roadside Relics of the USSR We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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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...
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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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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World” undefined
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It's All About Them. But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
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In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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Summary of changes for April Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest undefined
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and... For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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The Cyclops A Misunderstood Monster?
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What Was Operation Downfall? undefined
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time undefined
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends undefined
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King? undefined
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023 Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
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Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Cosmonaut-2 (1964) Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression) Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Santa and The Space Men It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention. Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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Summary of changes for August 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims undefined
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing undefined
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality? undefined
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The Great Experience (1963) I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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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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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like? undefined
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe? undefined
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Sodom and Gomorrah Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil undefined
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy? undefined
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany? undefined
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road? undefined
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War undefined
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons? undefined
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution? undefined
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self undefined
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928) “Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying     On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying     On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t undefined
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country? undefined
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports undefined
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