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Rules, Rules Rules
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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Too Much of Not A Lot
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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The Death of a Mnemonist
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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Mole Rocket (1965)
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
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It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Arguing with the Dead
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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On the Spot: Nicholas Radburn
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over a year ago
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
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We'd also heard that the school...
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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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;...
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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Gigantomachy in Greek Mythology: Olympian Gods vs Giants
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Ada Lovelace: Get to Know the World’s First Computer Programmer
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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Radio Caroline, the Pirate Radio Ship That Rocked the British Music World (1965)
Nowadays musicians can reach hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions of listeners with a few,...
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Summary of changes for February 2024
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 February.
Summary Of Changes
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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,”...
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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....
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
2 months ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
Flashbak
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:...
a month ago
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...
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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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
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
a month ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
9 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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What Is Absolute Idealism According to Hegel?
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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History Today Feed
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
a week ago
‘The Tree Hunters’ by Thomas Pakenham review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/07/2025 - 09:36
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
3 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
a month ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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African History...
The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
9 months ago
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Hidden History
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident
For Europeans, the Second World War started on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. For...
5 days ago
For Europeans, the Second World War started on September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. For the United States, it began with the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But for Asians, the war began on June 7, 1937, at the Marco Polo Bridge in China. The Second...
Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
11 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
12 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Who Was the Fifth Beatle?
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
over a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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10 months 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
TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
3 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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What Was the 1925 Serum Run to Nome?
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
a month ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
a year ago
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Britain's sinking reputation
The Anglo diaspora is horrified by the old country
a week ago
The Anglo diaspora is horrified by the old country
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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