TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Flashbak
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...
Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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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...
Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
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10 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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Classical Wisdom
Can Any Good Come From War?
The Tragedy of the Trenches
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The Tragedy of the Trenches
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What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States?
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TheCollector
4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
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3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
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...and the feared Persian Army
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M.
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
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Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Flood
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
10 months ago
...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
A Collection of...
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Who Were the Allied Powers?
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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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
10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
4 days ago
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
TheCollector
Performance Artist Tags Controversial Courbet Nude with “Me Too”
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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TheCollector
Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
TheCollector
Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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TheCollector
Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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An indispensable organization
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An indispensable organization
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
Sotheby’s and Christie’s: A Comparison of the Biggest Auction Houses
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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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
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
History Today Feed
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
6 months ago
‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/29/2024 - 10:27
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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TheCollector
The Great Wall of Amazonian Pictographs Nobody Knows About
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5 months ago
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
The Last Great Pharaoh? The Story of Ramesses III
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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6 months ago
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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TheCollector
Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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TheCollector
Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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TheCollector
New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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TheCollector
The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
African History...
A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 5
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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TheCollector
When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
Dreams of Space -...
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,...
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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....
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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TheCollector
What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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History Today Feed
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
a month ago
‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:36
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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TheCollector
Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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TheCollector
Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
TheCollector
The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
TheCollector
Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
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Good Morning: The US Humor Magazine May 1919 – October 2021
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded...
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Good Morning was an American political humor magazine, first published in May 1919. It was founded by Ellis O. Jones, a former associate editor of Life magazine and editor of Ladies’ Home Journal who once called for the US Army and Navy to be disbanded and went on to head the...
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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Which Are the Best-known Castles and Churches in Trieste?
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Dreams of Space -...
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.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Chris Clark
On the Spot: Chris Clark
j.hoare
Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Wed, 12/27/2023 - 00:00
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Art of the Interesting
4 weeks ago
The Art of the Interesting
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 2, 2024 (On City Building Games)
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
10 months ago
Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those multi-multi-author companion volumes) on how video games (particularly more abstract simulation games) depict the ancient world. Writing that chapter led me to reengage with ancient city...
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
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
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
9 months ago
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Damien Hirst Accused of Misdating Thousands of Paintings
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History Today Feed
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
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Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
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Bad Omens: When the Astrologers Got it Wrong
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/08/2024 - 09:44
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
Trying to Understand...
It's War, Josep, But Not As We Know It
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
over a year ago
Trying to understand what Ukraine is all about.
Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
a year ago
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
History Today Feed
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
2 months ago
“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
TheCollector
Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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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...
9 months ago
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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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Has Depression Always Been Around? The History of a Timeless Disorder
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TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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