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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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10 Surrealist Sculptors You Should Know
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
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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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Their Enemies The Russians
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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African History...
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"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
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TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
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When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Hundred Rabbits
the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
over a year ago
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
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A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
What's it going to be, then?
a year ago
What's it going to be, then?
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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History Today Feed
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
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A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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TheCollector
Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
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a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the History of Lake Como’s World-Famous Villa
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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The Missile Will Always Get Through.
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But who is prepared to admit it?
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
Classical Wisdom
Upcoming Events
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a year ago
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
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...
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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TheCollector
What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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TheCollector
Çatalhöyük: One of the Oldest Recorded Cities in History
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TheCollector
Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
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
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TheCollector
What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
The Dutch Throne in an Exhibition for the First Time
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TheCollector
The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
TheCollector
The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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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
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...
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
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.
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TheCollector
Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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TheCollector
What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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10 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
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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TheCollector
5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
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TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
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TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Classical Wisdom
The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
TheCollector
Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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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...
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
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The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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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...
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
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Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
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7 Famous Dutch Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
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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:...
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
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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...
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
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Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
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But why aren't people in other countries listening?
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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So They Want Negotiations, Now.
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a year ago
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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The "New" Ancient City
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
8 months ago
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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How Iran Won the West
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Van Dyck Rare Drawing Could Sell for $1.2 Million at Christie’s
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Stop Making Sense.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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A Collection of...
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a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 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...
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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...
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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...
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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...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
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These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
African History...
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
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Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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What Is Russian Futurism?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
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Should you meet your heroes?
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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