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I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
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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...
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
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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
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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a month ago
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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2 months ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 months ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
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How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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2 months ago
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 months ago
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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a year ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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What Was Négritude?
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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4 months ago
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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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?
Flashbak
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...
8 months ago
“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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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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The Musée d’Orsay Held An Immersive Van Gogh Show
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10 months ago
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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4 months ago
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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6 months ago
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
a month ago
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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a year ago
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year 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.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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6 months ago
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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6 months ago
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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a year ago
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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