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Thomas Gainsborough vs. Joshua Reynolds: 6 Facts About Their Rivalry
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TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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3 months ago
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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a year ago
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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a year ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
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India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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a month ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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9 months ago
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
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Res Obscura
Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
a year ago
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
TheCollector
The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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a year ago
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
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
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...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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a year ago
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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TheCollector
Who Was Susan Sontag?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
4 days ago
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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TheCollector
Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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7 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
Flashbak
48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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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...
TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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8 months ago
weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
a week ago
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
a year ago
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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a year ago
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
TheCollector
10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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7 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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a month ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year 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
Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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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.
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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a month ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months 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
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Flashbak
Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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a month ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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9 months ago
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
8 months ago
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Kido Butai?
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11 months ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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a year ago
TheCollector
Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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6 months ago
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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a month ago
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
TheCollector
College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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11 months ago
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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a year ago
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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9 months ago
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Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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10 months ago
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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2 months ago
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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6 months ago
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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a year ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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5 months ago
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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3 months ago
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
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From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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6 months ago
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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a year ago
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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8 months ago
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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8 months ago
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The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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2 months ago
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
a month ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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a year ago
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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2 months ago
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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2 months ago
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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8 months ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
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The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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10 months ago
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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4 months ago
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 months ago
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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9 months ago
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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9 months ago
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
3 weeks ago
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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3 weeks ago
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
How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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9 months ago
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
TheCollector
Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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3 months ago
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
a month ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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4 weeks ago
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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3 months ago
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
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 ...
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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3 months ago
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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