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How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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The Boston Years: On The Streets 1972-75
In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific...
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In 1972, Philip Flip Collier was in Boston. Philip, who has previously shared his terrific photographs of 1970s NYC, enrolled at the city’s New England School of Photography where he studied for the next two years with the hope of becoming a commercial photographer, but I could...
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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The end and the beginning of history
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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World’s Largest Banksy Exhibition to Reopen in London
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
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For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
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It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby...
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For over a decade in the 1980s and 1990s Richard Bram photographed people at the Kentucky Derby Festival in Louisville, an annual two-week event preceding the first Saturday in May, the day of the Kentucky Derby horse race. It was all about the gigantic hair. You can see his...
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Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
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I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Overcoming Bias
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Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both.
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Will There Be “Crazy” People?
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Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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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,...
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works?
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
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“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
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6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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The Secrets of Crete
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African History...
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plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
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4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Summary of changes for July 2024
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
Left, can now paste binary directly from programs like Nasu.
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
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6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
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We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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5 Great European Christmas Markets Worth Traveling For
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
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More Banksy Animals Appear Across London
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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The Water Is Rising.
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Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
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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...
7 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...
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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Trying to Understand...
A Fistful of Clockwork Oranges
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What's it going to be, then?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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Flashbak
William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
8 months ago
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
10 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
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TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
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These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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Empress Theodora
Saint or Sinner?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Umbanda: 10 Facts About The Afrobrazilian Religion
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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Thu, 01/25/2024 - 12:26
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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How the Lisbon Earthquake Shook the Enlightenment
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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“As long as I am alive, I will be a photographer. I will never retire” – Dorothy Bohm Dorothy Bohm (22 June 1924 – 15 March 2023) was born Dorothea Israelit in June 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia), to a Jewish German-speaking family. In 1939 she was...
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began...
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Who Was Walt Whitman?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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Mothers of the Ancient World
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
TheCollector
England’s Museum Collections Missing More Than 1,700 Objects
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
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TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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2 months ago
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)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
a week ago
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
Classical Wisdom
Do You Listen Well?
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
a year ago
Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
TheCollector
Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
TheCollector
History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Who Were the Maccabees?
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Gender Identity & Incidents That Scandalized Shakespeare’s London
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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2 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 months ago
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Winged Victory
Art of the Hellenistic Period
a year ago
Art of the Hellenistic Period
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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TheCollector
10 London Museums You Should Visit
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
6 months ago
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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TheCollector
The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
11 months ago
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
9 months ago
Reforming England’s Divorce Law
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
TheCollector
5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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TheCollector
Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
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
6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
Homo Erectus: The Most Successful Human?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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9 months ago
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Classical Wisdom
Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
a year ago
Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 months ago
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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a year ago
TheCollector
Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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