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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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Dream to Meet(1958)
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A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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What Is Capoeira?
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Overcoming Bias
Conquest and Liberation of Academia
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Iroquois Confederacy: A Brief History of Haudenosaunee
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
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How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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How Does the Electoral College Work?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
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A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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TheCollector
Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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16 Characters From A Film Never Made : Found Photos From The American Dream
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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One Of My Essays In Dutch.
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months 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
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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a week ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
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...
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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a week ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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a week ago
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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4 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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a month ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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4 days ago
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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a year ago
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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a week ago
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Who Was Vortigern?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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a month ago
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
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...
a week ago
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...
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
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Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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10 months ago
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
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a year ago
Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Will the last young professional to leave Britain turn off the lights?
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
2 days ago
'Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself’
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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a month ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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