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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
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The KGB After Stalin
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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What is Virtue?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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9 months ago
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Women of Ancient Rome
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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Who Were the Important Jewish Philosophers of the Medieval Period?
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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10 Myths About the Greek Goddess Athena
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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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 month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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Would You Kill the Fat Man?
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
JamesHoare
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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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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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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The Death of Clive of India
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Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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What is Appalachian Culture?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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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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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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