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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Global Inequality...
The third framing
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Classical Wisdom
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The End of the World?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
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a year ago
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
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...
over a year ago
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!
TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
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7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
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a month 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...
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
7 Important Works by Cindy Sherman
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
Classical Wisdom
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Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Origins of Stoicism
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TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Classical Wisdom
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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TheCollector
6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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?
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
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Changing Seasons
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
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During my graduate studies (’93-97), I looked at the history of prizes in science.
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Their Enemies The Russians
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But what about the rest of us?
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
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Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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What Is Voguing?
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
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Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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