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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
a year ago
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Mountain Towns in the US
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History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 weeks ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
3 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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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.
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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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...
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
6 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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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
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
3 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
3 weeks ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Pillow?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
7 months ago
TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
3 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
over a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
a month ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
2 months ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
3 weeks ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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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...
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
2 months ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
3 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
6 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Global Inequality...
To be young, perchance to dream
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
a week ago
A review of Miloš Vojinović's “The political ideas of the Young Bosnia”
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
3 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
TheCollector
Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 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
Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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10 months ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
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...
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
4 weeks ago
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
4 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
TheCollector
What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
10 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
7 months ago
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
4 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
2 months ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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a year ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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3 months ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
9 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
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
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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6 months ago
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
10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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3 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
History Today Feed
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
2 weeks ago
‘Disputing Disaster’ by Perry Anderson review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/23/2024 - 10:26
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.
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
TheCollector
5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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a month ago
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
11 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
2 months ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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3 weeks ago
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
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
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What’s the History of Gin?
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9 months ago
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“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...
TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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2 months ago
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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11 months ago
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
4 weeks ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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