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What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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Why Is the Matterhorn So Famous?
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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How to Give a Speech
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This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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5 Horrific Stories from the Old Testament
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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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...
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
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“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
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Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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This Changes Everything!
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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How Did Henri Matisse Evolve as an Artist?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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What’s the History of Gin?
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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What Is Nestorianism?
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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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
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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US President or American Caesar?
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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What Was the Chaco War?
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This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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What Is Populism?
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Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Shocking Scandals: 10 of the Most Controversial US Elections
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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Should We Be Skeptics?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Into the Waste Land
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Dreams of Space -...
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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Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“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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4 Samurai Swords that Defined an Era
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What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
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Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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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.
weird medieval guys
Why is medieval art so weird?
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran...
a year ago
Listen now (73 min) | In this inaugural episode of the Weird Medieval Guys podcast, Olivia and Aran discuss why medieval art is so intriguing to modern viewers and what makes so much of it so weird. Also discussed are Galaxy Quest, Mel Gibson's crimes against the Middle Ages, and...
TheCollector
Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
4 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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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...
9 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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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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Here's the answer. What was the question again?
History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
2 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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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
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
a week ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
Event News
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 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 November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
a month ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
Res Obscura
Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the origins of AI's ideological divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
a year ago
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk
TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
2 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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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
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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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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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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TheCollector
Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
11 months ago
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Does Free Will Exist?
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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TheCollector
Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
TheCollector
New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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8 months ago
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
2 weeks ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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TheCollector
What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Classics Gifts!
2 weeks ago
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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a year ago
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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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...
9 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...
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
a week ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
TheCollector
What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
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Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
7 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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a year 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
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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2 months ago
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