TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
8 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
a month ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
6 months ago
TheCollector
Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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6 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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7 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
6 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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TheCollector
How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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TheCollector
3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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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?
TheCollector
New Warhol Exhibition Reveals Rare Art Treasures
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TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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TheCollector
9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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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
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Obscenity of Ovid
& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
TheCollector
The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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TheCollector
What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism?
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
Flashbak
The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
4 days ago
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
3 weeks ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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TheCollector
How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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TheCollector
New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
TheCollector
George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
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. …...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
2 weeks ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
TheCollector
The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
TheCollector
What Was the Chaco War?
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TheCollector
Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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The Great Migration to Bluesky
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
Wrong Side of...
Keeping it in the Family
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
3 weeks ago
Britain’s Cousin Marriage Conundrum
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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TheCollector
10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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TheCollector
Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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TheCollector
6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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TheCollector
Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
9 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
a year ago
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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...
TheCollector
Paris Announces Notre Dame Reopening Plus Potential Entry Fee
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TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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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
Who Invented the Ukulele?
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Classical Wisdom
The "New" Ancient City
Discovering Kavala...
8 months ago
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
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
Flashbak
The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from...
6 months ago
The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
a year ago
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Classical Wisdom
Euripides
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
a year ago
The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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TheCollector
Bob Ross’s First Completed Work Is Up for Sale for $9.85 M.
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TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
11 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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TheCollector
What Was Organization Todt?
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TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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TheCollector
Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words?
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TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
11 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
a year ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
8 months ago
TheCollector
Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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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.
TheCollector
Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
3 months ago
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
a year ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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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 …...
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
9 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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5 Women in Logic You Should Know
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved documentation, implemented MIDI and sound chip, and...
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Weekend Roundup
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
a year ago
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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?
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Why Was The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Put on Trial?
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Overcoming Bias
What Priority The Innocent?
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
a week ago
It is good if criminal law avoids punishing the innocent.
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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