Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
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One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
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TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
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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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
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When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
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US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
Flashbak
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...
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
8 months ago
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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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...
over a year ago
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...
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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History Today Feed
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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Summary of changes for February
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Summary of changes for February 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Flashbak
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...
7 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
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6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Lost Battlefield of Alexander the Great Discovered in Türkiye
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Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
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In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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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...
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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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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
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A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
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Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
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It's about having small expectations.
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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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
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Monsters of Mythology
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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African History...
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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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Dreams of Space -...
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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They know what they think.
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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Hundred Rabbits
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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...
over a year ago
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...
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Soviets in Munich? The 1919 Bavarian Soviet Republic
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Happy Holidays
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From Anya, Joel and Frida
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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Journal of African cities: chapter 15
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
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Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
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a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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What Is the Didache?
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What Was Organization Todt?
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