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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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No More Heroes.
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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How Every Empire Falls
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
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And if not, what are the consequences?
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
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Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
a year ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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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...
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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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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
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[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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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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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Classical Wisdom
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Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Gladiator Combat
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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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...
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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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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
7 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Dreams of Space -...
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...
10 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...
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
5 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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TheCollector
How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
2 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Flashbak
The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
TheCollector
Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
3 weeks ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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