Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
Top Categories > history
#all #programming #history #startups #technology #science #life #literature #architecture #travel #creative #design #comics #cartography #finance #AI #indiehacker Muted Categories [alt+←][alt+→]
TheCollector
A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
In The Living Room: At Home With The Working Class in The 1980s “Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington...
2 months ago
27
2 months ago
“Everything centred on the living room – it’s where everyone met and congregated” – Nick Walpington on his Living Room project     Time to step back inside British homes in the late 1980s with photographer Nick Waplington’s Living Room series. Published as a book in 1991, the...
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
47
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883) ‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
22
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
TheCollector
Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World” undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ... ...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross. One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
26
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?) I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
42
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven? undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express Interrail: The Trans Europe Express JamesHoare Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work? undefined
22 hours ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976 The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
27
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst? Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler undefined
3 months ago
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross! A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
20
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford... Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
2 weeks ago
27
2 weeks ago
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian? What Use is Prehistory to the Historian? JamesHoare Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter? undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive? undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves JamesHoare Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath) undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)? undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops. And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives? How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures? undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime undefined
4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
4
10 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’? undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From? undefined
5 months ago
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900) Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture? undefined
3 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
4
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
TheCollector
“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Sex Before Sex Education Sex Before Sex Education JamesHoare Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture undefined
6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
16
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo? undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
8 months ago
22
8 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Transcendentalism? undefined
11 months ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900. historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection? We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1 Books of the Year 2024: Part 1 JamesHoare Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
a month ago
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
23
a week ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
4
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
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
18
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...
TheCollector
5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving? undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’ The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
a week ago
18
a week ago
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place  “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well? Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
TheCollector
The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years? undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea? undefined
10 months 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
30
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...
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self...
2 weeks ago
23
2 weeks ago
The video above from Sabins Civil Engineering promises to reveal “the MAGIC behind Da Vinci’s Self Supporting Bridge.” That sounds like a typical example of YouTube hyperbole, though on first glance, it isn’t at all obvious how the fragile-looking structure can stay up, much less...
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Clement of Rome? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Abraham Tapestries? undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline? Why Do Religions Decline? JamesHoare Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
a month ago
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak? undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s “I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
16
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s   Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch. I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
7
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi? undefined
9 months ago
Open Culture
How A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Its Beloved Soundtrack Album, Almost Never Happened A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of...
a week ago
20
a week ago
A Charlie Brown Christmas uses a cast of amateur child voice actors, deals with the theme of seasonal depression, and culminates in the recitation of a Bible verse, all to a jazz score. It was not, safe to say, the special that CBS had expected, to say nothing of its sponsor, the...
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want? undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care undefined
6 months ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
21
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966     The question mark...
Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge What is True?
8 months ago
TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Oldest National Parks in the United States undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature? undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg JamesHoare Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution JamesHoare Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
TheCollector
Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws? And what happens when we don’t?
a year ago
Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
a week ago
17
a week ago
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Julius Caesar
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said? JamesHoare Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard JamesHoare Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973) “I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
7
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals     Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work undefined
3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
5 months ago
32
5 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Voguing? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
8 Things You Didn’t Know About Eva Perón undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Baroque Artists You Should Know undefined
12 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
4
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks. Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince? undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia JamesHoare Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Flashbak
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
2 weeks ago
23
2 weeks ago
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
28
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’? The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
Flashbak
Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842 The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s.   “Isaac...
a year ago
5
a year ago
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s.   “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa? undefined
3 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
2 months ago
28
2 months ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World? undefined
7 months ago
Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
16
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
History Today Feed
‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review ‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review JamesHoare Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Lives of Exiles
10 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing How to Revive Wassailing j.hoare Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers? undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”? And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
8
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr? undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement? The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement? JamesHoare Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive? undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick JamesHoare Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza? undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People? Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists? undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week ago
20
a week ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile undefined
3 months ago
African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn. In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
24
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
2 months ago
20
2 months ago
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress undefined
11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust? Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
3 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
2
a month ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook. Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
TheCollector
An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
The Gleiwitz Incident: When Nazis Faked an Attack on Germany undefined
5 days ago
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History undefined
11 months ago
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900. Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
24
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
39
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo).     Pierrot...
TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous? undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America undefined
a month ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic JamesHoare Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
3 weeks ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
4
9 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration. Uxn, added 2 new commands...
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye undefined
5 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
4
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents) undefined
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954) I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
41
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954. Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry. Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments) undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo undefined
3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
4
2 months ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
22
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
26
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
Citizen of the World: TheCollector Interviews Composer Omar Rahbany undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969 With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
7
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd  – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know undefined
10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century. Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
40
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Flashbak
I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as...
a month ago
20
a month ago
doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED     We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
Flashbak
Edmund Dulac’s American Weekly Covers – 1924-1951 Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration,...
6 months ago
42
6 months ago
Edmund Dulac is remembered today as one of the founding fathers of the Golden Age of Illustration, roughly from 1875-1925, writes Albert Seligman. His luxurious Gift Books of the early 20th century were covered in vellum and issued in signed limited editions with tipped-in color...
Classical Wisdom
Back in Stock! Mea Culpa
a year ago
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings? undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens On the Spot: Kristin Semmens JamesHoare Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism? undefined
2 weeks ago
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932) Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
25
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion. And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
3
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906 Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
26
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,... The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
2 weeks ago
25
2 weeks ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
3 months ago
23
3 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy” undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal? undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials JamesHoare Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
17
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa? undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition undefined
a year ago
Global Inequality...
The third framing Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous? undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Be Humane In the Face of Horror? What is needed to stop violent cycles?
a year ago
TheCollector
Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin? undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon undefined
6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime? An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy undefined
a year ago