A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
5 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
a year ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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TheCollector
Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
a year ago
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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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
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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TheCollector
10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
3 months ago
“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter ...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
TheCollector
Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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What Is Voguing?
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
Global Inequality...
On general futility of political discussions with people
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people...
a year ago
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have concluded that these discussions are, almost entirely, futile in making people either see things differently, or acknowledge that others may see things differently, or...
TheCollector
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
a year ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Flashbak
Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off...
8 months ago
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali (24 Oct 1953 – 4 May 1978), a Bangladesh-born textile worker in an area off Brick Lane, was stabbed to death in London, in a racially motivated attack. Paul Trevor’ photographs mark how East London’s Bengali activists fought for survival and the right to...
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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a year ago
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
Flashbak
The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
a week ago
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...
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 8
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
a month ago
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its shape, instead of collapsing down to a point mass.
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
12 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
TheCollector
The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
a year ago
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
4 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
Hidden History
Antarctic Snow Cruiser
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and...
a week ago
In 1939, the United States began work on a colossal motor vehicle to be used for exploration and field work in Antarctica. By 1939 Antarctica remained as one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Norwegian adventurer Roald Amundsen had been the first human to reach the...
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
9 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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TheCollector
7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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TheCollector
The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
10 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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...
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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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...
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Cecilia Beaux: Esteemed American Portraitist
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
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TheCollector
The 6 Major Causes of the French Revolution
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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...
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 Historical Places to Visit in Wiltshire
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
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To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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A Brief History of Chile
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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How Did the Islamic Golden Age Shape Knowledge and Discovery?
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
7 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
Classical Wisdom
Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
7 months ago
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
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Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
6 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
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Catching Nessie on Film
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Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
Classical Wisdom
Women of Ancient Rome
The First Roman Empress and More...
10 months ago
The First Roman Empress and More...
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
4 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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What Was the Chaco War?
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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Flashbak
Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Hitler’s Early Life: Failure & Homelessness to Nationalism & Nazis
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
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,...
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
Flashbak
Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
2 weeks ago
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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History Today Feed
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
11 months ago
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
j.hoare
Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
2 months ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
4 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
8 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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