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
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
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Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
Who Is the Most Famous Centaur?
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TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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TheCollector
Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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TheCollector
Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany
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TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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TheCollector
6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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TheCollector
Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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TheCollector
Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 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).
uxn,...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity
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TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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TheCollector
Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Classical Wisdom
Does FREE WILL Exist?
And if not, what are the consequences?
a week ago
And if not, what are the consequences?
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
a week ago
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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TheCollector
Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
a month ago
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
The Essential Greeks
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
6 months ago
***Now Enrolling: Starting July 1st, 2024
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
History Today Feed
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Flashbak
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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TheCollector
How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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TheCollector
The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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TheCollector
6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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4 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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TheCollector
What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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TheCollector
Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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TheCollector
Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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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
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
TheCollector
What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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TheCollector
How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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10 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 months ago
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
9 months ago
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
TheCollector
8 Spots for Exploring Indigenous Art in the American Southwest
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
8 months ago
War Stoppers and God Makers
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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What Is the History of the Blues?
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
2 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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5 Notable Women Who Transformed Latin America
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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10 months ago
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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6 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
6 months ago
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
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
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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4 months ago
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