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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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Open Culture
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Global Inequality...
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World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
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*my article for ROAPE journal
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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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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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
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We'd also heard that the school...
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
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Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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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...
2 months ago
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,...
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
12 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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TheCollector
What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
11 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
a year ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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a year ago
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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2 months ago
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
a week ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
History Today Feed
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
8 months ago
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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TheCollector
French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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7 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
over a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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4 months ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
9 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
11 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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3 months ago
Flashbak
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. ...
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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