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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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The Nature of Love
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Does Marcus Matter?
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a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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an African kingdom in southern Italy.
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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The Phoenician Spoken & Written Language: What You Need to Know
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
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For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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CrimethInc.
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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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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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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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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?
TheCollector
The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Trying to Understand...
No More Heroes.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
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...
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
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...
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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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"...
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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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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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the sucessor of Songhai
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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...
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Classical Wisdom
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Oedipus at Colonus
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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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...
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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How French Was Medieval England?
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
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“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
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Dreams of Space -...
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So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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I talked to Terry Gross!
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What Was the Chaco War?
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
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African History...
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Machine Stops.
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Wrong Side of...
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Blast Off (1973)
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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