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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
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Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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What Is Theodicy?
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Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
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This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
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Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Patterns in Humanity
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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A History of the United States Senate
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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...
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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...
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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A Collection of...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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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...
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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Greco-Scythian Artifacts Seized by Spanish Police
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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What Is Capoeira?
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
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The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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Democracy
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
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And the Palace where it was found...
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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What Is Solipsism?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
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Even if the artists don't realise it.
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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You don't need to know that.
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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One Way Or Another ....
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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