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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
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Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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What Is the History of the Guitar?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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A Book 100 Years in the Making
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Global Inequality...
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A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
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Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
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Getting our events straight...
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
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And the Boundless Universe
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
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An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime...
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Film noir was coined in 1946 by the Italian-born French critic Nino Frank to describe the crime thrillers laced with smoky cynicism, femme fatales and amoral ambiguity first produced by Hollywood in the 1940s. “These ‘dark’ films, these films noirs, no longer have anything in...
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Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Do you need to be Good to be a Good leader?
is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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Was Alexander Great?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
2 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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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...
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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...
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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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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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
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Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
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“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 Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
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The international system, that is.
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Monsters and Myths
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
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We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Does Marcus Matter?
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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What is Plagiarism?
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Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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Hundred Rabbits
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How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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American polarisation
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History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
Hakum, added two drawings to the...
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome
Ode to the Giants
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‘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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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
Flashbak
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....
10 months ago
“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...
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The Phantom of Polarisation
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a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
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A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
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a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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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...
a month ago
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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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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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...
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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...
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
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Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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How Should We Look at History?
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
9 months ago
Hold it up? Seal it off? Or Break it Down?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
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!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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