Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year 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
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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TheCollector
How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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2 months ago
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.
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Andy Warhol Religious?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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3 months ago
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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TheCollector
The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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10 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
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
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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4 months ago
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year 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....
10 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
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
African History...
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...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
6 days ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
TheCollector
The Electoral College Explained
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TheCollector
The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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TheCollector
What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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TheCollector
10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
2 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
Global Inequality...
Changes in income distributions in China, India and the United States, 2018-23
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
2 months ago
The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
TheCollector
8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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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
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
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
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
3 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
7 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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TheCollector
Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
4 months ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
a month ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
Patterns in Humanity
Sweden's immigration taboo
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
4 months ago
Immigration data kept behind closed doors
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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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
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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TheCollector
How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
2 days ago
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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What Is Populism?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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a year ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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