A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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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...
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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...
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
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“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
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A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
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Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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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...
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“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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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
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Urbanism in the forest region.
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
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The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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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...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
African History...
The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
9 months ago
Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
Res Obscura
Simulating History with ChatGPT
The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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The Case for LLMs as Hallucination Engines
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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The ‘Experts’ from Afghanistan
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
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Plato on Political Polarization
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Trying to Understand...
Useless in Gaza
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
a year ago
As always, if you don't know what you're doing.
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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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.
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
Global Inequality...
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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JamesHoare
Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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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
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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What Is Theodicy?
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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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...
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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,...
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