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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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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Journal of African cities chapter 7
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
5 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
2 months ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
10 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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TheCollector
Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
8 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory
Homer and Kleos
a month ago
TheCollector
What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
a year ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
a year ago
TheCollector
Hidden Figure Identified in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Fresco
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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TheCollector
Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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TheCollector
Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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TheCollector
5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 weeks ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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a year ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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TheCollector
L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
5 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
a month ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
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