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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London undefined
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age undefined
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA undefined
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota? undefined
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom undefined
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others undefined
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World ...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Weekend Roundup Olympics Special
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died? undefined
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928 At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing undefined
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom undefined
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Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &... Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals? undefined
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA undefined
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview undefined
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense. There are no "why"s in our world.
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The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent undefined
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba     Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time undefined
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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What Is Russian Futurism? undefined
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
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Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952) Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space! Clyne,...
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni? undefined
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies undefined
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland? undefined
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New Year, Old Books New Year, Old Books JamesHoare Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
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Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II undefined
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The Story of the Cow The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
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The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves? Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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a home for pino We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad? undefined
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works undefined
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples undefined
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The Machine Stops. And fiddling won't fix it.
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World War Stoppers and God Makers
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas? undefined
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring) Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
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Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind undefined
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor undefined
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969 In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels undefined
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC undefined
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know undefined
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend undefined
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious... A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023 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 Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio! Thousand Rooms, translated the...
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History undefined
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983 In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained undefined
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987) “I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
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“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century undefined
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude undefined
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled) undefined
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The Prophecies of Merlin The Prophecies of Merlin JamesHoare Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past undefined
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures undefined
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV JamesHoare Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism? undefined
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent? undefined
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius undefined
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull “When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
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“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance undefined
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960) Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
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Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated undefined
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism undefined
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History undefined
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens? undefined
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s “I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s   Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It? undefined
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics undefined
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes On the Spot: Lucy Noakes JamesHoare Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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Ancient Greek Astronomy Ursa Major
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby undefined
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik? undefined
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions undefined
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Crime in the USA A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness undefined
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Should We Try to Control Nature? Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch” undefined
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review ‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review JamesHoare Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples) undefined
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings undefined
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan JamesHoare Fri, 07/19/2024 - 08:00
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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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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet? undefined
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members undefined
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom? undefined
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What Is Solipsism? undefined
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire? How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire? j.hoare Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History? undefined
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus? undefined
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide undefined
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Who Was Mithridates the Great? undefined
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London undefined
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know undefined
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Getting Used To Being Weak. It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Who Was George Eliot? undefined
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men undefined
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands undefined
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France undefined
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965) Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s  Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music? undefined
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC ‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA undefined
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil undefined
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths undefined
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Who Were the Maccabees? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry A Forgotten Genre?
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time undefined
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million undefined
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell JamesHoare Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency undefined
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign undefined
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful Three theories
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery” undefined
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
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This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius undefined
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Who Was Vercingetorix? undefined
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions undefined
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots “The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt  ...
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“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt   Elliott Erwitt died at his home in New York City on 29 November 2023. He leaves us with remarkable archive of fabulous photographs of the great and good, the many places he visited over...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Essential Greeks
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure? Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure? j.hoare Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
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Macron is Safe for the Moment But the future worries me.
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King? Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King? JamesHoare Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity undefined
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962) So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period. Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit!  A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch undefined
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England undefined
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly undefined
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know undefined
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever undefined
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra? undefined
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism? undefined
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What Is the Ides of March? undefined
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards? undefined
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits? undefined
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism undefined
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union JamesHoare Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power undefined
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts undefined
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles “My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
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“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death     Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace? undefined
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History undefined
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade undefined
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire? undefined
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line? undefined
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know 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...
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament .... We-ell, you know ....
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece undefined
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police undefined
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899) State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung? undefined
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders? Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi? undefined
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois undefined
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain undefined
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films undefined
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI undefined
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History undefined
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run? undefined
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road JamesHoare Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire... In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief undefined
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Self-styled ‘Luddite photographer” Eric Milese (“relatively recently gone digital – 2011”) named the picture below of kids ‘tobogganing’ down a dry, rocky slope in the northern English city of Leeds in the 1970s “The Cresta Run”. It is not the original Cresta Run, which is a...
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Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
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Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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