TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
undefined
4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
10 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
6 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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.
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
And what happens when we don’t?
TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Greek Sculptures You Must Know
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
11 months ago
The Lost Tudor Domesday Book
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
11 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
undefined
5 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
2 months ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
8 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Who Was Philip Melanchthon? (Life & Legacy)
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome?
undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
9 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
undefined
4 months ago
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
8 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
8 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
undefined
8 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
Trying to Understand...
Le Missile passera toujours ... mais qui est prêt à l’admettre ?
Another of my essays in French.
2 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
11 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
4 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
undefined
2 months ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
a month ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Russian Revolutionary: Who Was Leon Trotsky?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
2 weeks ago
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
undefined
3 weeks ago
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
2 months ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
2 months ago
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
11 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Travels in the Air, 1871
“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above...
a week ago
“The balloon was isolated, as if it were in a vacuum; beneath us stretches an immense abyss, above the infinite expanse of sky” – James Glaisher, Travels In The Air, 1871 Travels in the Air tells the story of balloon travel since the first ‘aerostatic’ flight by the...
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
undefined
a year ago
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
5 months ago
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
undefined
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
a month ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Cynthia The Celebrity Mannequin (1932)
Cynthia was a mannequin who looked remarkably human, in a sort of unusual way before extreme...
3 days ago
Cynthia was a mannequin who looked remarkably human, in a sort of unusual way before extreme cosmetic surgery became a fashion choice. Created in 1932 by sculptor and retail display designer Lester Gaba (1907-1987) for Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, Cynthia caused a stir. When...
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
undefined
2 months ago
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
6 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
undefined
a month ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
4 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
11 months ago
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
8 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Watch The Alphabet, David Lynch’s horrific 1968 short,
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more...
23 hours ago
“There’s a connection between music, film, painting, writing, everything, you’re into, the more they’re going to help each other” – David Lynch David Lynch’s 1968 short The Alphabet was inspired by his first wife Peggy’s niece reciting her ABCs during a nightmare then waking...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
9 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
undefined
8 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
10 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
5 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
7 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
11 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
TheCollector
UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Colorful Still Life Frescoes at Pompeii
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
undefined
6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
11 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
8 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
undefined
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
5 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
undefined
a month ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
7 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
2 months ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Tertullian?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
undefined
3 months ago
African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
a year ago
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
undefined
8 months ago
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
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
10 months ago
TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
undefined
8 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a month ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
3 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
undefined
7 months ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
undefined
3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
10 months ago
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of zodiac figures accompanied with text. It was made before 1844. “Maria Revere Balestier (daughter of Paul Revere and wife to the first American consulate to Singapore) was the...
Open Culture
The Night When Miles Davis Opened for the Grateful Dead (1970)
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world...
a week ago
What’s that, you ask? Did Miles Davis open for the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore West? In what world could such a thing happen? In the world of the late sixties/early seventies, when jazz fused with acid rock, acid rock with country, and pop culture took a long strange trip. The...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
8 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
undefined
12 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
undefined
3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
a month ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
3 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
2 months ago
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
9 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
undefined
2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
11 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
8 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
undefined
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
11 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
undefined
3 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 