Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
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TheCollector
What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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4 months ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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a year ago
TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
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...
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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a year ago
TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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3 days ago
History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
3 months ago
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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TheCollector
6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
What Is Appropriation in Art?
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TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
Dreams of Space -...
Beyond Mars (1960)
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps...
a year ago
Here is the last book in the "space quartet", Beyond Mars. It takes a large survey of the next steps in space including: solar sailing, travel to Saturn via long distance trips to the outer solar system, multi-year hibernation travel, hydroponics, and visiting other solar...
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
Flashbak
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...
7 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...
TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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...
10 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....
TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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TheCollector
8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
2 months ago
A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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TheCollector
Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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9 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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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.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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TheCollector
What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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TheCollector
4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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TheCollector
What Were the Most Controversial Suffragette Protests?
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TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
5 hours ago
TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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TheCollector
Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
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...
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
What Was the Rhodesian Bush War?
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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6 Must-See English Castles
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