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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
6 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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TheCollector
Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
7 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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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
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
2 months ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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African History...
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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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
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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TheCollector
The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
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
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
5 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
5 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
2 weeks ago
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
2 months ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
10 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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A Walk Around Leeds in The 1970s
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’...
a week ago
We’re shopping in 1970s Leeds as Eric Miles shows us around the city centre. We mooch past Austicks’ Bookshop, where as a teenager writer Alan Bennett worked part-time job. We pop into the County Arcade, walking amid the mahogany shop fronts, pink marble columns, and cast iron...
TheCollector
“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
9 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
6 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
3 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
TheCollector
Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
2 months ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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History Today Feed
Ronald Knox’s Radio Revolution
Ronald Knox’s Radio Revolution
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:17
3 days ago
Ronald Knox’s Radio Revolution
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:17
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
12 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
11 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
5 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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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...
TheCollector
7 Works by Yves Tanguy You Should Know
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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TheCollector
Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
3 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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TheCollector
The Extraordinary Story of Dido Elizabeth Belle
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Far Out Images from Johann Zahn’s Oculus Artificialis (1685)
“A complete treatment of the construction and use of lensed optical instruments. Presented in three...
a week ago
“A complete treatment of the construction and use of lensed optical instruments. Presented in three fundamentals, that is, bases: the physical, the mathematical, and the practical or mechanical” – Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus sive Telescopium The German student of light...
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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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.)...
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Philosopher Kings
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TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
11 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
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Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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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...
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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...
TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
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Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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Archaeologists Discover 4,100-Year-Old Tomb of Pharaoh’s Doctor
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What Is Absolute Idealism According to Hegel?
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Hidden History
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Overcoming Bias
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Hundred Rabbits
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A Collection of...
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‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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What Counts as a Planet?
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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