TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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TheCollector
What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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TheCollector
Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
What Is Russian Futurism?
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TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
10 Compelling Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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African History...
The stone ruins of South Africa: a history of Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Dzata. ca. 1000-1750CE.
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone...
3 months ago
The dzimbabwe ruins of south-eastern Africa are often described as the largest collection of stone monuments in Africa south of Nubia.
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
Trying to Understand...
A Clash Of Symbols
They are quite serious, actually.
a year ago
They are quite serious, actually.
TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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TheCollector
Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Flashbak
Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
But can they get their heads round it?
10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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History Today Feed
Death of the King of Siam
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
2 months ago
Death of the King of Siam
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/01/2024 - 10:26
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
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Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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
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...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
a week ago
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Allied Powers?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
History Today Feed
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
8 months ago
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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TheCollector
John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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TheCollector
Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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Flashbak
A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has...
2 months ago
“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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TheCollector
The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
4 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
Classical Wisdom
The Mystery of Morpheus
Who is the God of Dreams?
a year ago
Who is the God of Dreams?
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
a year ago
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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TheCollector
Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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TheCollector
Signed Dalí Prints Worth Thousands Found in London Garage
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TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
History Today Feed
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
JamesHoare
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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TheCollector
Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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TheCollector
The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
4 months ago
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
7 months ago
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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TheCollector
What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Stolen Van Gogh Anonymously Returned to Dutch Museum
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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2 months ago
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
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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TheCollector
12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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TheCollector
Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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The KGB After Stalin
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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TheCollector
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Trying to Understand...
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
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TheCollector
The Renaissance Women of Italy: 10 Extraordinary Artists
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
Dreams of Space -...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
TheCollector
Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Trying to Understand...
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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Eternal Glory
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Blindspots and Biographies
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Flashbak
Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844
A beautiful paper accordion manuscript from Thailand that features hand-painted illustrations of...
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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over a year ago
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Continue Reading
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
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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,...
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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