Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
9 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added solar cooking experiment, making seamed box cushions, making saloon cushions, moisture prevention underliner, and board games. Updated...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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TheCollector
Cyberattacks Hits Museums and Causes Online Collections Drop
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TheCollector
The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
TheCollector
Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor
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TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Handle Anxiety?
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
11 months ago
Practicing the Stoic Skill: Premeditatio Malorum
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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TheCollector
3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
8 months ago
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
a month ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
a month ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
The Second Battle of El Alamein: How Was Rommel Defeated?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers and Activists You Should Read
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TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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TheCollector
The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
a year ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
8 months ago
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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TheCollector
Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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TheCollector
New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Racism on a Federal Level
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TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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TheCollector
10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom
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Flashbak
Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a...
7 months ago
Never let go of your dreams because nobody else is going to make them happen. When John Scott was a child he harboured dreams of becoming a photographer. He roamed around his parents’ home and snapped pictures in his head. He had a talent for it which he thought of turning into a...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
10 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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5 months ago
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...
11 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...
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.
Continue Reading
Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
4 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Ben Franklin in Politics: The Founding Father Who Was Never President
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TheCollector
Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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TheCollector
Neon: The Cool History of the Enigmatic Noble Gas
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TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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TheCollector
Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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TheCollector
Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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TheCollector
Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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...
6 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...
TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
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
Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Flashbak
Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
11 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
Pre-Columbian Writing Systems (And How They Worked)
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TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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TheCollector
Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Sites in Armenia
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TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
What Were Gustav Klimt’s Composition Techniques?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
TheCollector
The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition)
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
a year ago
This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
TheCollector
Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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TheCollector
What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
TheCollector
The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
3 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
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Piero della Francesca in 3 Works: Perspective, Politics, and Symbols
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
a year ago
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
a year ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
12 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
a year ago
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Trees at Night: Art Young’s Haunting Silhouettes, 1927
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands...
2 months ago
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. As a man is, so he sees.” – William Blake Arthur Henry Young – better known as Art Young (January 14, 1866–December 29, 1943) – saw humanity in the … Continue...
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What Turned the Tide in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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8 Exotic Birds Driven to Extinction in Modern History
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
4 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Who Invented the Ukulele?
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History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
10 months ago
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
Flashbak
Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
3 weeks ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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a year 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
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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What Was the Chaco War?
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What Is the Single Most Valuable Artwork in the World?
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Wittgenstein & Mysticism: Grasping What Cannot Be Said
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Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
10 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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10 months ago
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
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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10 Women Thinkers of the Enlightenment You Should Know
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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a year ago
Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
6 months ago
A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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TheCollector
The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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a year ago
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
African History...
Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
a year ago
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
TheCollector
Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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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...
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
What Is Second Thessalonians About?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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7 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
a month ago
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
TheCollector
How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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8 months ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
3 weeks ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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