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TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World? undefined
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building undefined
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End? undefined
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TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music? undefined
9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
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I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness undefined
a week ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well? Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense. There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy undefined
10 months ago
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023 Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Denim: The Fabric That Built America Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images...
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline? Why Do Religions Decline? JamesHoare Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mithridates the Great? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation? undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars Secret Origins
a year ago
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live? undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023 Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
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a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
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a year 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 Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom. 100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another undefined
a month ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements undefined
11 months ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work? The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most? Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
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It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils JamesHoare Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
TheCollector
The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000 undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’ undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince? undefined
9 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain So who does?
a year ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building j.hoare Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966) Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
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Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven? undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) “I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch   Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin undefined
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism? Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism? undefined
4 weeks ago
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
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’...
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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:...
TheCollector
Why Do the British Love Tea so Much? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History? undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021 Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work undefined
9 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,...
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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
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Siege of Jerusalem? undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels JamesHoare Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades “For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination      Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art” undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966     The question mark...
History Today Feed
The Death of a Mnemonist The Death of a Mnemonist JamesHoare Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free undefined
9 months ago
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...
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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...
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea? undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks JamesHoare Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained undefined
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TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line? undefined
a year 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
7 months ago
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting undefined
5 months ago
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...
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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...
TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire? undefined
10 months ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872 An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
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An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers? undefined
5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too” undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review ‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review JamesHoare Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar? undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
5 Surprisingly Ancient Inventions from Greece and Rome Ode to the Giants
7 months ago
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity undefined
a year 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...
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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...
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition. Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review ‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review JamesHoare Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon JamesHoare Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth? undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review ‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review JamesHoare Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over? undefined
a year ago
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology? Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
a month ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human? undefined
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TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire undefined
a year ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
TheCollector
Baruch Spinoza’s Political Philosophy: Rights & Normativity undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election JamesHoare Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself.     The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos? Do Words Matter?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Platonic Love in Simple Words? undefined
a week ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
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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
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit undefined
4 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church Why the Organ Split the Church JamesHoare Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers undefined
9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany? undefined
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7 Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906 A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge? undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview undefined
2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development? On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady undefined
3 months ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
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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
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971 Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism? undefined
11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature? Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly? undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
6 Ways to Pass the Time in the Middle Ages undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing How to Revive Wassailing j.hoare Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969 With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
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With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd  – they produced similar games, also from the...
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
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It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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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...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
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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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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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Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
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Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
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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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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 Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl? undefined
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961. Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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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...
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