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TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany undefined
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat.  “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire undefined
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know undefined
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Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump undefined
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World? undefined
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Another Of My Essays in French Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon? undefined
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater undefined
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review ‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review JamesHoare Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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6 Assassinations That Changed History undefined
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines undefined
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process undefined
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression) Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
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Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars undefined
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London undefined
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For? undefined
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review ‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review JamesHoare Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards? undefined
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy JamesHoare Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’? undefined
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983 In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review ‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review JamesHoare Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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Let's Be Enemies Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations undefined
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest? undefined
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Gods Vs Titans ...and the Origins of the Universe
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Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky? undefined
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum undefined
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons undefined
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US undefined
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History undefined
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels? undefined
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass undefined
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism undefined
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Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development? On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks undefined
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England? undefined
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet undefined
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933 “History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller     Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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a brief note on the African exploration of Asia plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art undefined
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021 Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review ‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review j.hoare Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand undefined
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets undefined
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History undefined
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election JamesHoare Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Who Was Tertullian? undefined
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy) undefined
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children undefined
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Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776  – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776  – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
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The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann undefined
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear? undefined
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Why are MYTHS Important? Podcast with Stephen Fry
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin undefined
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906 A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History? Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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What Is a Film Auteur? undefined
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum undefined
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else?? Lessons from Borat
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973) “I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals     Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review ‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review JamesHoare Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting? undefined
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900. Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts? undefined
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know undefined
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects undefined
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know undefined
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels undefined
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
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This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks undefined
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists undefined
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Who Are the Young British Artists? An Overview of the Movement undefined
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States undefined
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays undefined
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel undefined
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World undefined
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for? undefined
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So? undefined
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine undefined
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden undefined
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
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. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration. Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning undefined
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament? undefined
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland? undefined
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland undefined
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Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts) undefined
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture? undefined
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection undefined
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Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear? undefined
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties undefined
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China? undefined
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction undefined
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature? undefined
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The Death of a Mnemonist The Death of a Mnemonist JamesHoare Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines “I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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Weekend Roundup Love and Death
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)? undefined
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10 South American Artists You Should Know undefined
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in... Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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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...
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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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Homo Habilis: The First Humans? undefined
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Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public undefined
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes undefined
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Stock Car Racing in 1972 In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest? undefined
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea? undefined
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50 ‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50 JamesHoare Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Bringing It All Back Home If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
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Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked) undefined
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist undefined
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema undefined
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition undefined
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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What’s the History of Gin? undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3 From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
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From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2 Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
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Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs? undefined
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980 On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
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On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952) Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
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Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space! Clyne,...
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China undefined
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity? undefined
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology? undefined
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain? undefined
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art undefined
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Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass? undefined
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson undefined
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Dream to Meet(1958) A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images. Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.) Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades undefined
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families undefined
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights? 'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography undefined
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza? undefined
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Does Marcus Matter? Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi undefined
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work undefined
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978) A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the...
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share.  This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself.     The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
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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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‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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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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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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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you.  Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention. Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
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Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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