Open Culture
In 1894, A French Writer Predicted the End of Books & the Rise of Portable Audiobooks and Podcasts
The end of the nineteenth century is still widely referred to as the fin de siècle, a French term...
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The end of the nineteenth century is still widely referred to as the fin de siècle, a French term that evokes great, looming cultural, social, and technological changes. According to at least one French mind active at the time, among those changes would be a fin des livres as...
TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Explore Frida Kahlo’s Composition Techniques in 6 Works
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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The History of Communism in Vietnam: From the 1920s to Today
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
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Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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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...
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Why Are Most Female Pharaohs Unrecorded in History?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
9 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
5 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
5 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Open Culture
How Marcel Marceau Used Mime to Save Children During the Holocaust
In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a...
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In 1972, Jerry Lewis made the ill-considered decision to write, direct, and star in a film about a German clown in Auschwitz. The result was so awful that he never allowed its release, and it quickly acquired the reputation—along with disasters like George Lucas’ Star Wars...
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
5 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a month ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
10 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
5 months ago
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
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TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
9 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
TheCollector
How to Unlock Your Unconscious According to Carl Jung
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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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
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
7 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
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
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
3 weeks ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
5 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
9 months ago
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
9 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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TheCollector
Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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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
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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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...
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
11 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Flashbak
Views of Polar Regions: Watercolours By Queen Victoria’s Spy
Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an...
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Illustrator Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, natural historian, soldier, explorer, writer and spy. That’s quite the package for a man who produced these drawings and...
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
African History...
Join me on Notes
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
11 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
What Is Affection in Philosophy?
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
Classical Wisdom
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History and Myth
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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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
Classical Wisdom
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Love and Death
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TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Wrong Side of...
Twitter's White Terror era
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The Vibe Shift comes to Britain
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Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
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...
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
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Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
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‘D-Day Has Come’
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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The Politics of Exhaustion.
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And the exhaustion of politics.
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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What Is God? Theism, Pantheism, and Panentheism
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
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a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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How Did the Black Death Change the English Language?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
TheCollector
7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
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Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
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TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
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The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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Weekend Roundup
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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What Languages Are on the Verge of Disappearing?
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
5 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Does Free Will Exist?
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