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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
TheCollector
Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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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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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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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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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Weekend Roundup
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
11 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
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From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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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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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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The Story of Thebes
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Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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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...
a month 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...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
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