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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Patterns in Humanity
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
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Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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No Left Turn
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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A Collection of...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Summary Of Changes
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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The Electoral College Explained
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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When Was D-Day?
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12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Global Inequality...
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The decline and fall of the print media.
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
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I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Does Free Will Exist?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Nothing connects.
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
a month ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
6 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Flashbak
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,...
5 months ago
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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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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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...
3 days ago
“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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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
A Collection of...
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...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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11 months ago
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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8 months ago
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Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
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The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
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