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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
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This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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What Is the Didache?
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A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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What Was the First Triumvirate?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
3 weeks ago
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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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
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Do people actually disagree that much?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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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...
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
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In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
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Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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Does Marcus Matter?
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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5 Quotes by Kant Explained
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Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
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Three years late, but historians are always late
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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Death of the King of Siam
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Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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