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 Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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8 months ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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2 months ago
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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6 months ago
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...
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
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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a month ago
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
3 months ago
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Orca, added way for instances of Orca to talk to each...
Open Culture
Radio Caroline, the Pirate Radio Ship That Rocked the British Music World (1965)
Nowadays musicians can reach hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions of listeners with a few,...
23 hours ago
Nowadays musicians can reach hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions of listeners with a few, usually free, online services and a minimal grasp of technology. That’s not to say there aren’t still economic barriers aplenty for the struggling artist, but true independence is not an...
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
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
TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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a week ago
TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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a year ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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a year ago
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 weeks ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Does It Mean to Be a Critical Thinker?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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10 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Value Dashboards
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering...
2 months ago
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
3 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Flashbak
Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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12 months ago
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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a year ago
TheCollector
Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
TheCollector
Eva Perón: Is She Really a Feminist Icon?
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
8 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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5 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
TheCollector
Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
4 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Facts About Ilya Repin You Should Know
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5 days ago
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
11 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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11 months ago
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
TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
4 months ago
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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9 months ago
Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
6 days ago
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year in Movies author Tom Flannery, the so-called “Big Eight” major American studios “had a combined 590 actors, 114 directors and 340 writers under contract, each of whom worked an...
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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TheCollector
Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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TheCollector
Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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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
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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3 months ago
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
2 weeks ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
3 weeks ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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How Mexico Fought Franco
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Res Obscura
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
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Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
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The Many Roads to Rome
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
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When Leonardo da Vinci was 42 years old, he hadn’t yet completed any major publicly viewable work. Not that he’d been idle: in that same era, while working for the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, he “developed, organized, and directed productions for festival pageants, triumphal...
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Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
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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...
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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What Was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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People, States and Borders.
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Capoeira’s Incredible Roots: Brazil’s Unique Art Form
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
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Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
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Or does war have its virtues?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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And Now for Something Completely Different.
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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