TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year 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...
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
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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TheCollector
What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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8 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
3 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a month ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
3 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
9 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
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Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Open Culture
Bertrand Russell’s Message to People Living in the Year 2959: “Love is Wise, Hatred is Foolish”
Bertrand Russell, the great British philosopher and social critic, appeared on the BBC program...
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Bertrand Russell, the great British philosopher and social critic, appeared on the BBC program Face-to-Face in 1959 and was asked a closing question: What would you tell a generation living 1,000 years from now about the life you’ve lived and the lessons you’ve learned? His...
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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TheCollector
Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
2 months ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:40
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
12 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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TheCollector
Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Life of Plato
9 months ago
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
6 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Odyssey
Homer's Homecoming
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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Flashbak
Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
3 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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The Early Years of Jesus
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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
TheCollector
Who Was Walt Whitman?
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TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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TheCollector
Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
3 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
3 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
6 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
TheCollector
Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
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...
4 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
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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TheCollector
Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
7 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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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”
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
6 months ago
Open Culture
The Skeleton Dance, Voted the 18th Best Cartoon of All Time, Is Now in the Public Domain (1929)
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which...
a week ago
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which “skeletons hoof and frolic,” the peak of whose hilarity “is reached when one skeleton plays the spine of another in xylophone fashion, using a pair of thigh bones as hammers.” The...
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...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
2 months ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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TheCollector
Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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a month ago
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
7 African Myths About Animals
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TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
3 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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3 months ago
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
4 weeks ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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...
3 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
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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a year ago
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
a month ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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TheCollector
Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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TheCollector
Why Are There Two Virginias?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
2 months ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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a year 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
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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The Tudor War on Libel
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
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Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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What Is Voguing?
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Inventing Cyrillic
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JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
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Hundred Rabbits
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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...
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
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a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
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26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
10 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
What Is the Ides of March?
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
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a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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