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7 Famous Artists Who Turned to Crime
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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The Power Of Absent Things.
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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Global Inequality...
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Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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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...
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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6 Artworks by the Controversial Andres Serrano
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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Count no man happy until the end is known
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Overcoming Bias
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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over a year ago
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Left, added a...
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
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International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Early Christianity
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
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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 the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
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...
4 weeks ago
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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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
5 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
9 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
a year ago
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When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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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...
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
a month ago
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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