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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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2 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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TheCollector
Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
10 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
6 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
TheCollector
Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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TheCollector
What Is George Orwell Best Known For?
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TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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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...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
4 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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a year ago
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
7 months ago
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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TheCollector
Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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TheCollector
What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Science You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
a year ago
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
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TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
2 months ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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TheCollector
How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Peter Pan goes to Ukraine
Some people never grow up.
over a year ago
Some people never grow up.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Flashbak
Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art...
5 months ago
American sculptor Tom Otterness (born. 1952) was an organisers of Art Direct, a mail-order art catalog published by Collaborative Projects (Colab) and Printed Matter, Inc. for Christmas 1982. Colab sought cultural activism that was purely artist driven. In addition to creating...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
2 months ago
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
TheCollector
The Impact of Sigmund Freud’s Theories on Art
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TheCollector
How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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TheCollector
MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Dreams of Space -...
Into Space: Man's First Controlled Space Flight (1961)
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to...
a year ago
A bit of ephemera today. This is a pamphlet from a Revell Model Kit. They issued this kit quickly to take advantage of the excitement about this launch. So they had to include a booklet to explain why this slightly inaccurate model was so special. Imagine opening the model kit...
TheCollector
Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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a year ago
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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TheCollector
History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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a year ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
TheCollector
Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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TheCollector
The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
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