TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Somerset
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
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Three years late, but historians are always late
Classical Wisdom
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Classical Wisdom
Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
***Only 15 Seats Left
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TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
3 months ago
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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TheCollector
When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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A Collection of...
Continues the Hiatus, 2024
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
2 months ago
Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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TheCollector
The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Flashbak
Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
How Did Norman Rockwell’s Thanksgiving Capture a Nation?
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TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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TheCollector
The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
TheCollector
Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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TheCollector
Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
Who Was George Hodel?
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TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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TheCollector
Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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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
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
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
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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TheCollector
Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Atomists
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
a year ago
The Origins of Oppenheimer?
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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a year ago
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
Flashbak
Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
4 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
7 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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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
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror?
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
What is needed to stop violent cycles?
TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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2 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
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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4 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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8 months ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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6 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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a year ago
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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12 months ago
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...
8 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
What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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a year ago
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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6 days ago
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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TheCollector
Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
TheCollector
11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Flashbak
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...
8 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 …...
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
11 months ago
Sand War: The Cold War in North Africa
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/23/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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TheCollector
Who Was Eusebius?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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11 months ago
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible
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a month ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
8 months ago
‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 15:00
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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5 months ago
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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