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TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels undefined
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death) undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House? undefined
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Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
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He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba     Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises undefined
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Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie? undefined
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Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism undefined
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Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat. A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter? Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign? undefined
10 months ago
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War undefined
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Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
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Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review ‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review JamesHoare Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
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TheCollector
The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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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 Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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What Was the Siege of Jerusalem? undefined
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. undefined
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide undefined
11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023 Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs. Niju,...
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The Man Who Sold The Moon (1951 edition) This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a...
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This is a 1951 paperback collection of 4 Robert Heinlein stories. Normally I would not blog about a science fiction collection but I found this charming. I imagined some older avid child finding this collection and devouring it. Both the title and cover have a lot of appeal and...
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers? undefined
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim undefined
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What Are the Iconographic Elements of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism? undefined
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967 Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
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Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
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Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit undefined
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One Of My Essays In Dutch. I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and...
11 months ago
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I’m pleased to say that one of my readers in the Netherlands has been kind enough to produce and send to me a translation into Dutch of my recent essay “What’s Left and What’s Left?” The translator has elected to remain anonymous, but I’m extremely grateful, and please join me in...
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Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction undefined
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic undefined
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit? undefined
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov undefined
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Collector Chris Levett Is Selling His Huge Trove of Ancient Armor undefined
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do) undefined
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye undefined
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion? Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion? JamesHoare Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins undefined
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What Was Négritude? undefined
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Sex Before Sex Education Sex Before Sex Education JamesHoare Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud? undefined
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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,...
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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)...
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood? undefined
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont? undefined
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963? An experiment with historical simulation
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale undefined
a year ago
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King undefined
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings undefined
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Ovid's Dating Advice Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas undefined
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What Are the Romance Languages? undefined
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins undefined
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great? undefined
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
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Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor? undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy? undefined
3 months ago
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims? undefined
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‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review ‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review JamesHoare Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
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TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth? undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross! A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
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A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family undefined
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Weekend Roundup The Julio-Claudians
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works undefined
a year ago
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters? undefined
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo undefined
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations undefined
a year ago
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation undefined
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World? undefined
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome JamesHoare Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus? undefined
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Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World! Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
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Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969.   Shelton...
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know undefined
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History undefined
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques? undefined
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon? undefined
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War? undefined
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann undefined
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist undefined
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture? undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
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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...
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology undefined
2 months ago
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
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Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000 undefined
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A Brief History of Collecting Art undefined
6 months ago
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher undefined
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games undefined
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know undefined
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy undefined
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR undefined
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon undefined
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No More Heroes. Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa? undefined
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen? Why Do Civil Wars Happen? JamesHoare Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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TheCollector
What Is a Banana Republic? undefined
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers undefined
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History) undefined
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan undefined
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Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
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During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh.   When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work? undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Lives of Exiles
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Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State. But is there anything there?
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers undefined
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil undefined
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters? undefined
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens? undefined
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s “My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” –...
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“My surroundings always influence my life and artwork. It’s where I am and what makes me smile” – Meryl Meisler   Before cameras became ubiquitous and the billions of instantly sharable and instantly forgettable pictures formed the backdrop to our more insular digital lives,...
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots? undefined
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer” undefined
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit undefined
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes “We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
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“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life   The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman undefined
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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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Fisher Landau Sale at Sotheby’s Brought $406 M. undefined
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Animals of the Ancient World
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest undefined
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What Are Anton Chekhov’s Most Important Works? undefined
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher? undefined
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Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained undefined
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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...
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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
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record undefined
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt) undefined
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas undefined
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics undefined
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Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra? undefined
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7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer undefined
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism New Event: January 7th, 2025
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Flashbak
The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s “If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness? undefined
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup? undefined
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Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War undefined
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw undefined
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What Was the Great Migration in the US? undefined
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
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Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup History and Myth
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TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius undefined
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire undefined
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn undefined
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom. Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
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Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival undefined
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market undefined
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know undefined
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels undefined
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know undefined
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New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s undefined
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature? undefined
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self undefined
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record undefined
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints undefined
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt undefined
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961) Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable undefined
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer The Antikythera Mechanism
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Continue Reading
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What Is First Corinthians About? undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides? Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of undefined
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret undefined
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons undefined
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know undefined
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
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This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician undefined
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History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review ‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review JamesHoare Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
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Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow undefined
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Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave! Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
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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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
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The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself.     The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia undefined
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History? undefined
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King undefined
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids? undefined
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy) Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
History Today Feed
‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review ‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review JamesHoare Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times undefined
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times? undefined
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy undefined
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive undefined
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review ‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review JamesHoare Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Why Do Religions Decline? Why Do Religions Decline? JamesHoare Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly? undefined
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution? undefined
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas undefined
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting undefined
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CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
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This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
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The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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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...
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures “Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Cultural Scenario Probabilities On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
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On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions) Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
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Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
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Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
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Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966     The question mark...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills undefined
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The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops “The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter  ...
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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The complete history of Brava (ca. 1000-1900): a Swahili enclave in southern Somalia Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once...
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Tucked along the southern coast of Somalia, the old city of Brava preserves the remains of a once bustling cosmopolitan enclave whose influence features prominently in the history of the East African coast. Located more than 500 km north of the Swahili heartland, Brava retained a...
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Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976 The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900. Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’ The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place  “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
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In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976) Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
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Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic. Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
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Dream About Gagarin (1961)   Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE) The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990 We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
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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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Let's Be Enemies Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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