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Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
11 months ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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9 months ago
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
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When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism?
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6 months ago
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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8 months ago
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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11 months ago
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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8 months ago
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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a year ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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3 months ago
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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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...
a month ago
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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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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6 months ago
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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5 months ago
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a year ago
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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10 months ago
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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10 months ago
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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2 weeks ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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a year ago
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
a week ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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7 months ago
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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9 months ago
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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7 months ago
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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4 months ago
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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5 months ago
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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a year ago
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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11 months ago
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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a year ago
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How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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2 months ago
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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a year ago
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
6 months ago
How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/21/2024 - 08:00
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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4 months ago
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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10 months ago
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
10 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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a year ago
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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6 months ago
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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2 months ago
Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
6 days ago
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
a week ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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3 months ago
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 months ago
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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8 months ago
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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a month ago
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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a year ago
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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2 months ago
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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10 months ago
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 months ago
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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a year ago
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
11 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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5 days ago
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