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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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6 months ago
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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a month ago
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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a year ago
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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a week ago
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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a year ago
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Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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2 months ago
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
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.
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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a year ago
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Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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4 months ago
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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4 months ago
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 months ago
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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a week ago
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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11 months ago
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
4 days ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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3 months ago
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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7 months ago
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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10 months ago
Flashbak
16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
a month ago
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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2 months ago
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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3 months ago
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 months ago
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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a month ago
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...
TheCollector
5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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6 months ago
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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10 months ago
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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9 months ago
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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10 months ago
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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2 weeks ago
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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a year ago
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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8 months ago
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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10 months ago
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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a year ago
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
9 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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5 months ago
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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4 months ago
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
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?
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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a month ago
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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a year ago
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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6 days ago
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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3 months ago
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
7 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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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
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
a month ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
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