TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Classical Wisdom
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The Art of the Interesting
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The Art of the Interesting
TheCollector
Was Jesus a Radical?
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TheCollector
What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
8 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
12 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
a month ago
Another of my essays in French.
Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
a month ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
2 weeks ago
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
7 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
Open Culture
Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” Performed by a Choir of 4,000 Singers
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from...
4 hours ago
Throughout the years, we’ve featured performances of Choir!Choir!Choir!–a large amateur choir from Toronto that meets weekly and sings their hearts out. You’ve seen them sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry,” Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” (to honor Chris Cornell), and Patti Smith’s...
TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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a year ago
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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TheCollector
Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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4 months ago
African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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TheCollector
7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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TheCollector
How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 16, 2024
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the...
4 months ago
Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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8 months ago
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
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
2 weeks ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
2 months ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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7 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
3 weeks ago
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
a month ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
7 months ago
Memorial Day Weekend Sale
Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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a month ago
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
Open Culture
The New York Times Presents the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, Selected by 503 Novelists, Poets...
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s...
a week ago
For longtime readers of American book journalism, scrolling through the New York Times Book Review’s just-published list of the 100 best books of the twenty-first century will summon dim memories of many a once-unignorable critical fuss. At one time or another over the past 25...
TheCollector
7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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a year ago
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
9 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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a year ago
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
2 weeks ago
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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4 months ago
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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7 months ago
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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a year ago
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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9 months ago
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
6 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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a year ago
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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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...
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
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Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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4 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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10 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
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What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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7 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
a year ago
journal of African cities chapter 9
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
12 months ago
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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a year ago
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
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.
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
10 months ago
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
6 months ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
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How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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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!
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
9 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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Plastic Surgery as Art? 6 Facts About ORLAN
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Alexander the Great’s Legendary Horse: Who Was Bucephalus?
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6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Wrong Side of...
Your favourite half-British president
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
a month ago
We could win bigly by courting Donald Trump
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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9 months ago
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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a month ago
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
8 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
4 months ago
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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.
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
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Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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a year ago
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
10 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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