TheCollector
5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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TheCollector
10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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3 months ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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8 months ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ban the Book, Banish the Author!
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
4 months ago
Free Speech VS Censorship in the Ancient World and Onwards...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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a year ago
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
8 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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a year ago
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
3 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
a month ago
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
TheCollector
Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Julius Caesar?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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a year ago
TheCollector
Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
4 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
12 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Artists Associated With Magic Realism You Should Know
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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TheCollector
Were Anglo-Saxon Pagans a Threat to Medieval Christian Society?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
4 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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...
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
10 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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2 months ago
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
2 weeks ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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12 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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9 months ago
Flashbak
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...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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6 months ago
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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2 months ago
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
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Henri Matisse: Outstanding Paintings by the French Fauvist Master
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
3 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
Hundred Rabbits
rainy with a chance of mosquitoes
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign...
over a year ago
Nuku Hiva, a green mountainous island in the Pacific, straight out of Jurassic Park. Just as foreign and just as wild, except instead of hungry lizards there are mosquitoes, also known as the vampires of the Marquesas.
Before arriving, we didn't know what it was going to be like...
TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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a year ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
5 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
5 days ago
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
Classical Wisdom
Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
New Study Rewrites History of Stone Age Architecture in Near East
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4 days ago
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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a month ago
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
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
6 months ago
Where are the heroes and the adventures now?
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
History Today Feed
The First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
The First Anglo-Burmese War
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
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10 months ago
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
a month ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
TheCollector
10 Strange Old Currencies Throughout Time
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2 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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
a year ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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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...
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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9 months ago
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
a year ago
How can we train Resilience?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Maths, Art, and the Moon
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Who Were the Founders of Chichen Itza?
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love, love, love
10 months ago
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
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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.
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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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...
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Flashbak
It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
5 months ago
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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10 months ago
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What Are the 5 Longest Rivers in the World?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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7 months ago
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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10 months ago
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
3 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
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Who Was Ben Black Elk?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year ago
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
10 months ago
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
3 weeks ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
History Today Feed
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/20/2024 - 06:00
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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11 months ago
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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7 months ago
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...
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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3 months ago
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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Who Were the Samaritans?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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a month ago
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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8 months ago
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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