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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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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 …...
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Summary of changes for March 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 March.
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100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
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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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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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The World's First Computer
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The Antikythera Mechanism
Dreams of Space -...
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Most of them are not from 2023
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The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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Was Alexander Great?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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What Was the First Written Language?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
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In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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