Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
African History...
The Mali empire: A complete history (ca. 1250-1650)
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending...
10 months ago
At its height in the 14th century, the Mali empire was one of Africa's largest states, extending over an estimated 1.2 million square kilometers in West Africa. Encompassing at least five modern African states, the empire produced some of the continent's most renowned historical...
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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TheCollector
Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Belgium’s Collectible Design Fair Debuts in NYC
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
TheCollector
How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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TheCollector
Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
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Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
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Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
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TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
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...and the Origins of the Universe
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
Classical Wisdom
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Origins of Stoicism
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TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
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There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to solve their problems, suddenly realize that their only hope is to make contact with others like themselves and work together. Perhaps a hurricane has just torn through the state,...
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
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Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Argue Like a Philosopher: How to Win a Debate
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
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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,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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....
a year ago
“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
Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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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...
2 weeks 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...
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
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The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
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But what about the rest of us?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
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TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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TheCollector
What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
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Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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TheCollector
What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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African History...
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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The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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