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3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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You And Whose Army?
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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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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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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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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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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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...
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The Death of Clive of India
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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Eternal Glory
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
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Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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When Was D-Day?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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The Sense Of An Ending.
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Secrets of the Sibyls
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Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
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The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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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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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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Secret of the Stoics
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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In Defence of Boring Books
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
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A history of the monastic high life
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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The Life of Terence
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10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Fate and Free Will
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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The Nature of Love
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
9 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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A Collection of...
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...
8 months ago
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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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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