TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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7 Artists of The Nouveau Réalisme Movement You Should Know
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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TheCollector
4 Key Non-Aligned States During the Cold War
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
12 months ago
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Flashbak
Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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TheCollector
Glass Delusion: Why Did People Think They Were Made of Glass?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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TheCollector
Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
8 Fun Facts About Montezuma — Starting with His Real Name
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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TheCollector
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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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
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
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TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Nature of Love
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TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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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...
6 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
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
a year ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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TheCollector
Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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History Today Feed
How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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TheCollector
10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
2 months ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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TheCollector
7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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TheCollector
Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
TheCollector
History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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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...
2 months 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.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
8 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
7 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
Flashbak
Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
5 months ago
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
What Are the Scientific Roots of Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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Flashbak
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...
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
4 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
10 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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TheCollector
10 South American Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
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TheCollector
How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Flashbak
Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
12 months ago
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Wrong Side of...
Truth in the old myths
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
5 hours ago
On Troy, King Arthur and the Flood of Noah
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
2 months ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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TheCollector
How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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TheCollector
Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
5 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
TheCollector
Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Three steps to freedom
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
10 months ago
Secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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TheCollector
8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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5 months ago
TheCollector
4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
One Of My Essays In Dutch.
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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a month ago
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
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
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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a year ago
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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9 months ago
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
a month ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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a year ago
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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TheCollector
Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
a month ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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a month ago
TheCollector
Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Secret Renaissance Passageway Reopens in Florence
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TheCollector
Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
Global Inequality...
The third framing
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
3 months ago
Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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TheCollector
‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
8 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Dadaism: 12 Iconic Artworks From The Dada Art Movement
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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a month ago
Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
a week ago
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
2 days ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Indian-American century
On the Anglo-Indo-sphere
4 days ago
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Stonehenge Defenders Got Their Day at Court
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
5 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
History Today Feed
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
2 months ago
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
2 months ago
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
TheCollector
The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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
How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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7 months ago
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
4 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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a month ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
2 weeks ago
The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:23
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Difficult Languages to Learn?
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TheCollector
Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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