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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
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Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
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“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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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!
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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a year ago
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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over a year ago
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Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
4 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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What Is Voguing?
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What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
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“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
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Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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The end and the beginning of history
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Who Was Averroes?
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
8 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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JamesHoare
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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10 Historic Towns Near New York City to Visit
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Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
History Today Feed
What is Modernity?
What is Modernity?
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
a month ago
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Res Obscura
When technology follows art
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the...
a year ago
From optics to machine learning, artists have played an important, if underrated, role in the history of technology
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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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
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What Is Populism?
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
2 months ago
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
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Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
8 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....
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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CrimethInc.
History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of...
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Donald Trump has won the 2024 presidential election. That means that we will have to fight many of the battles of 2017-2020 all over again. But first, in order to understand the scale of what we’re up against, let’s look at how we got here.
The Hot Potato Changes Hands Again
We...
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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The First Stoic
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
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J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
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What should we do with Seneca?
Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
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4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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British Museum Recovers More Missing Artifacts
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Iowa Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
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Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
2 months ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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TheCollector
The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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St. Nick and Saturnalia
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
2 months ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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TheCollector
Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
2 weeks ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
4 months ago
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Rare Ancient Coin Collection Found in Jordan Valley
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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5 months ago
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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7 months ago
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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a year ago
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What Does the New Testament Say About Hell?
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2 days ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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