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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Dreams of Space -...
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
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Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Hundred Rabbits
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Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 2
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Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:59
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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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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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Classical Wisdom
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Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
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Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Get to Know Palazzo Doria Pamphilj & Its Fascinating History
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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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...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
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Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
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