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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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The First Anglo-Burmese War
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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What Made Tintoretto the Greatest Master of the Renaissance?
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King John’s Lost Treasure
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Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
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Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Dreams of Space -...
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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How the CCP is Closing China
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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How Did Socrates Die?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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weird medieval guys
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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What Are Peter Sloterdijk’s 5 Most Important Ideas?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
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Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
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Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
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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...
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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....
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
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The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
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The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
11 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
When Did Vincent van Gogh Start Painting?
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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What Are Three Theories of Animal Ethics?
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
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You don't need to know that.
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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What Is an Antipope?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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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...
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
TheCollector
What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
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