TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
5 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
a month ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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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
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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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...
5 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...
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Mothers of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Mothers of the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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TheCollector
Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
a month ago
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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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...
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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TheCollector
Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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TheCollector
What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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TheCollector
11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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TheCollector
The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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8 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
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
5 months ago
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
TheCollector
Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
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 -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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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?
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 months ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
A Few Spots Left
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
a month ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America
Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
3 weeks 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
The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: Victoria to Sitka logbook.
M291, added support for Cyrillic glyphs.
Fractran, released what might be the most in-depth...
TheCollector
The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
a week ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
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...
3 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...
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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TheCollector
4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
7 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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TheCollector
Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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a year ago
TheCollector
Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato on Political Polarization
2 months ago
Plato on Political Polarization
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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...
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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African History...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
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We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Let's Be Enemies
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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War in Dreamland
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Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
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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.
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Important Notification
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
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Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Three steps to freedom
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Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
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I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
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William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
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LIVE Event: What is Plagiarism?
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Medieval Icelandic Feasts
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Who Was Averroes?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Summary of changes for April 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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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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...
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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...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
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Why the liberal project will fail
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
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Wars and ideology simplified
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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