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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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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...
6 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
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
11 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
11 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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4 weeks ago
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
a month ago
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
10 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
2 months ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
5 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a month ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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a year ago
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
2 months ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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a year ago
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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a year ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
TheCollector
Psychology & Spirituality: Exploring the Intersection With Carl Jung’s Analytical Psychology
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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10 months ago
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” –...
2 months ago
“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
a year ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Cronus: The Titan Leader in Greek Mythology
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
What Counts as a Planet?
What Counts as a Planet?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:24
3 days ago
What Counts as a Planet?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:24
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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a month ago
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Value of Wills to Historians
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
9 months ago
The Value of Wills to Historians
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/10/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
7 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Colosseum’s Inaugural Games: 100 Days of Spectacles
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2 days ago
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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a year ago
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.
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TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Ukulele?
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
11 months ago
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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?
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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2 months ago
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
4 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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4 months ago
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
3 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Continue Reading
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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