Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
a year ago
Marcus Aurelius' Birthday Celebrations
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks
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History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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TheCollector
4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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TheCollector
4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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TheCollector
Logos vs Chaos: The Book of Genesis vs Other Ancient Creation Myths
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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7 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
11 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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4 months ago
Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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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 Story of Billy Sipple: The Price of Heroism
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Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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TheCollector
4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month 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
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
10 months ago
St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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Flashbak
Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
TheCollector
Who is Ana Mendieta? An Icon of Environmental Art
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Classical Wisdom
Have We Become Anti-Human?
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
a year ago
Is this a problem? And Can/Should it be Helped?
TheCollector
Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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TheCollector
Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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TheCollector
Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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TheCollector
Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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TheCollector
What Is a Film Auteur?
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TheCollector
How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar?
And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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TheCollector
What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
Most of them are not from 2023
a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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TheCollector
Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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TheCollector
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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TheCollector
Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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2 months ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
TheCollector
How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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TheCollector
How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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6 months ago
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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10 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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TheCollector
What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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7 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
2 weeks ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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TheCollector
6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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TheCollector
Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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TheCollector
5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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The Economic Effects of the Vietnam War
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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War in Dreamland
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over a year ago
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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How Accurate Were the Fight Scenes in Gladiator?
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10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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A Collection of...
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
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One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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The KGB After Stalin
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
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What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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over a year ago
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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Early Christianity
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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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...
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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...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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
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...
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