Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
Open Culture
The Skeleton Dance, Voted the 18th Best Cartoon of All Time, Is Now in the Public Domain (1929)
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which...
2 weeks ago
The July 17, 1929 issue of Variety carried a notice about a laugh-filled new short film in which “skeletons hoof and frolic,” the peak of whose hilarity “is reached when one skeleton plays the spine of another in xylophone fashion, using a pair of thigh bones as hammers.” The...
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
4 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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TheCollector
Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
a month ago
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
History Today Feed
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
3 days ago
‘The Worlds of Victor Sassoon’ by Rosemary Wakeman review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/20/2025 - 10:25
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
a year ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Unlikely Politics: The History of the World Chess Championship
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
2 months ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
3 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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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
Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
3 weeks ago
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
2 months ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
8 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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TheCollector
Do Coincidences Mean Anything? Exploring Carl Jung’s Notion of Synchronicity
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TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
2 months ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
a year ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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TheCollector
The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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TheCollector
Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Worst Year Ever
The Year of the Plague #1
3 days ago
The Year of the Plague #1
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
7 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
11 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
9 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Colorado
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
3 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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TheCollector
B-24 Liberators: The Aircraft That Ended the Reign of the U-Boat
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TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
4 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
2 months ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a month ago
TheCollector
7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
a month ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
3 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
a year ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
9 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Are You a Fan of Gothic Literature? 5 Most Iconic Locations in the UK
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a week ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
11 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
5 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
6 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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,...
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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Open Culture
Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating...
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana...
a week ago
“This is fire season in Los Angeles,” Joan Didion once wrote, relating how every year “the Santa Ana winds start blowing down through the passes, and the relative humidity drops to figures like seven or six or three per cent, and the bougainvillea starts rattling in the driveway,...
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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TheCollector
Pol Pot: Overseer of the Cambodian Genocide
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
What Is the Pauline Epistle Titus About?
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TheCollector
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Britain is institutionally 'anti-racist'
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
6 days ago
The road from Macpherson to Rotherham
TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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TheCollector
What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
3 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
7 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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TheCollector
The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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“To the Finland Station”
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Why Do Famous Artists Recreate Old Works of Art?
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
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The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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