Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
7 months ago
Flashbak
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. ...
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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6 Astounding Facts About the Inhotim Institute
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
10 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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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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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
a week ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
a week ago
But is there anything there?
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
3 days ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
8 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: A Wonder of The Ancient World
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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History as Tragedy?
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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What Is Theodicy?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Blast Off (1973)
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This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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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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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Overcoming Bias
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
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Death of the King of Siam
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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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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Do You Believe in Magic?
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
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We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
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“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Patterns in Humanity
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
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British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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