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Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
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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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7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
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In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
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Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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‘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
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
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Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Classical Wisdom
A Book 100 Years in the Making
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Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
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Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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What Was Négritude?
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
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“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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.
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
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Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
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Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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