Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
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Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Trying to Understand...
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.
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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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”...
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“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 –...
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Without living forever in fear and worry?
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
England’s Reformation: Edward VI’s Protestant Reforms
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
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This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
TheCollector
What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
What is Appalachian Culture?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
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Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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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".
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
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
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
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Winning the day and losing the war.
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
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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...
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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What Is Nestorianism?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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3 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
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Why the liberal project will fail
TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
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A book review from the future.
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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a year ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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
How Are Art and Science Related?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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3 months ago
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The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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12 months ago
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
6 days ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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5 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
A Collection of...
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...
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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TheCollector
More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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11 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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10 months ago
TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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a month ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Reality Would Like A Word.
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
a year ago
Paging Tom and Daisy Buchanan
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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7 months ago
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the 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 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
African History...
a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
8 months ago
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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10 months ago
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“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‘...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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2 weeks ago
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
TheCollector
What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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8 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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10 months ago
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