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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Ode to a Grecian Tour
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Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
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Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
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New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
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Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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What Was Organization Todt?
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
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Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
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Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
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At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
The Life and Work of Pheidias
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Sutton Hoo: Inside an Early English Ship Burial
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
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“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
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Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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What is Art? Approaching Aesthetics in 3 Ways
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Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
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This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
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Who Was Susan Sontag?
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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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...
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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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...
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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...
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
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The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
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Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
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At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Can Perfumes Be Art? Famous Artists Who Designed Perfume Bottles
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
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How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
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What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
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Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
“The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera” – Elliott Erwitt ...
a year ago
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Evelyn Richter’s Street Photography Reveals the Reality of Life in East Germany
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the...
4 months ago
For photographer Evelyn Richter (1930–2021) East Germany was not computers being towed by the bikini-clad proletariat, Western holidaymakers, badly disguised secret police and being on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall. A self-described “documentarian and historian”, Richter...
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A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
10 months ago
Or, a meditation on bloody-mindedness for Ash Wednesday.
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an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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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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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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A History of the United States Senate
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
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Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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One Way Or Another ....
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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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...
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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
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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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
What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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TheCollector
The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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TheCollector
Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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History Today Feed
The True Knights Templar
The True Knights Templar
j.hoare
Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
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The True Knights Templar
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Wed, 01/10/2024 - 09:54
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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History Today Feed
The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
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Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
Flashbak
British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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...
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
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TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Flashbak
Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
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“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
Flashbak
The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
4 months ago
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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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
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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TheCollector
Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Global Inequality...
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An indispensable organization
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TheCollector
Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
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TheCollector
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Classical Wisdom
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With Harvard Professor James Hankins and 'History of Philosophy without any gaps' Peter Adamson.
TheCollector
Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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TheCollector
Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
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11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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TheCollector
Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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Who Was Margery Kempe? The Medieval Mystic Who Couldn’t Stop Crying
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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Classical Wisdom
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Aristotle's Politics
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
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Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Flashbak
The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
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Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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