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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
TheCollector
8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
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over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
TheCollector
7 Unanswered Questions about Minoan Bull-Leaping
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
2 months ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
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TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Flashbak
Tribes of Detroit 1968 : New American People On The Cusp Of Change
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a...
2 months ago
Enrico Natali’s Detroit 1968 was first published in 1972 under the title New American People, a photography series of everyday people at work and at home in urban America, having been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1969 as New American Life. In his introduction to...
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What Happened at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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TheCollector
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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Marcus Aurelius VS Diogenes
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Comparing the Stoics and the Cynics...
TheCollector
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
10 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
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Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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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...
TheCollector
Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Open Culture
Francis Ford Coppola Picks His Favorite Criterion Movies & Gives Advice to Filmmakers
Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video...
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Upon stepping into the hallowed Criterion Closet, stocked with hundreds of that cinephile video label’s finest releases, Francis Ford Coppola speaks of a director who “believed in a film he wanted to make, and used his entire fortune, because the financing system of the time...
TheCollector
Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
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“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
TheCollector
When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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TheCollector
The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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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
The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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Flashbak
The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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The world that created Caravaggio
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Was Jesus a Radical?
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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A Brief History of Collecting Art
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Get to Know Alma Mahler: Composer, Muse, and Scandalous Woman
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Who Won the Battle of Atlanta?
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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When Was D-Day?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s...
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
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And Her Controversial Religion
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Victoria Woodhull: The Women’s Rights Activist Who Ran for President
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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Hera, Queen of the Gods
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Dreams of Space -...
Santa and The Space Men
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying...
a week ago
It has been a while but here is a strange Christmas post for you. Something about Santa and Flying Saucers seems to go together like White wine and Cracker Jack. Sort of sweet and tangy and gets your attention.
Santa and the Space Men is a play for children about how Santa is...
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
3 weeks ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
4 weeks ago
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
11 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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
Who’s Who of the Kennedys: 9 Notable Members
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TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
a year ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
a month ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
TheCollector
What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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a year ago
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Averroes?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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6 months ago
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Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
a year ago
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
j.hoare
Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
2 months ago
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Decision Selection Bias
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of...
6 days ago
As futarchy interest and activity are way up lately, this seems a good time to elaborate on one of its most technical issues, one that @metaproph3t also discussed recently: decision selection bias.
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
TheCollector
Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
11 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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a year ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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8 months ago
TheCollector
KAWS: 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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3 months ago
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 Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
2 weeks ago
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
3 weeks ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Classical Wisdom
Andromeda: The Beauty of the Mediterranean
Take a Santa Pause
a week ago
TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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TheCollector
10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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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?
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
a year ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
3 months ago
TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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a year ago
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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4 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
3 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 months ago
Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
TheCollector
Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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TheCollector
What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
9 months ago
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
a month ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
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