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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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a year ago
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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7 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?
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
TheCollector
The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
TheCollector
7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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a year ago
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
Was David Gulpilil Australia’s Most Important Actor?
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6 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...
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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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
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
TheCollector
5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is First Thessalonians About?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
How Does Aristotle Conceptualize the Soul?
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Flashbak
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,...
4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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5 months ago
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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a year ago
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Flashbak
In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
7 months ago
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
TheCollector
What Are the Romance Languages?
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a year ago
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