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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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TheCollector
10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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Hidden History
The Ancient Egyptian Game of Mehen
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But...
a month ago
Mehen may be the oldest true board game in the world, and dates back to at least 3000 BCE. But recent study has completely changed the way we think about this game. History In 1861, French archaeologists Auguste Mariette and Jacques de Morgan found a tomb at Saqqara that was...
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
a month ago
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
a year ago
But the future worries me.
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Good Friday: The Significance of the Day & How Christians Observe It
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
a month ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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History Today Feed
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
3 weeks ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of Diwali?
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
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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
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...
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
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The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
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
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
TheCollector
Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘D-Day Has Come’
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
7 months ago
‘D-Day Has Come’
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 09:05
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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8 months ago
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?
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
a year ago
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
TheCollector
7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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5 months ago
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