TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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TheCollector
How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
5 Must-Read Works by Aldous Huxley
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
3 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
TheCollector
Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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TheCollector
The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Third World War Has Been Cancelled.
It was all too difficult, finally.
6 months ago
It was all too difficult, finally.
TheCollector
Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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TheCollector
What Was Dante’s Political Philosophy?
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TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
a month ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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TheCollector
Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Flashbak
The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
a month ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
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TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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TheCollector
Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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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...
TheCollector
Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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TheCollector
3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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TheCollector
The Beguines: The Hermits Who Became Medieval Celebrities
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Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
5 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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TheCollector
The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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TheCollector
What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Flashbak
Rare Photographs of Siouxsie and the Banshees in Japan, 1982
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The...
a year ago
Siouxsie and the Banshees toured Japan playing three gigs in Tokyo late-March, early-April 1982. The band had recently released their fourth album Juju (1981) and were working on their fifth A Kiss in the Dreamhouse (1982). While other punk bands had imploded, Siouxsie and the...
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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Who Was George Eliot?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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TheCollector
What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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TheCollector
Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
Flashbak
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...
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
The Vasari Sacristy: Breathtaking Artwork in Naples
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TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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TheCollector
Anglo-French Wars: 13 Conflicts Between France & England
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TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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5 months ago
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...
weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
3 weeks ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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TheCollector
10 Most Historic Cities to Visit Around the World
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TheCollector
Can Violence Be Justified? A Philosophical Approach
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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TheCollector
9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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TheCollector
Is Free Will an Illusion? If So, That’s Okay
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TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
2 months ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
TheCollector
Influential Pop Artist: Who Was David Bowie?
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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TheCollector
Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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TheCollector
6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Lost and Found
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vercingetorix?
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TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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TheCollector
The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
2 months ago
TheCollector
How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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TheCollector
How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Classical Wisdom
Essential Greeks LIVE Webinar Times
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
6 months ago
Join this year's course for a strong foundation in the Classics
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
2 weeks ago
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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TheCollector
Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Open Culture
Hunter S. Thompson Remembers Jimmy Carter’s Captivating Bob Dylan Speech (1974)
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still...
4 days ago
51 years ago, Hunter S. Thompson wrote Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, which “is still considered a kind of bible of political reporting,” noted Matt Taibbi in a 40th anniversary edition of the book. Fear and Loathing ’72 entered the canon of American political...
TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
What Is BRICS and Why Is it Important?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
6 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
2 weeks ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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Flashbak
One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
9 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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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...
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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A History of the Free City of Danzig (Now Gdansk)
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Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
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African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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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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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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Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
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The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know about the Hoover Dam
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
3 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
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Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
2 weeks ago
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Is The Digital Era Truly Destroying Art?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
The Roman Catholic War on Wigs
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 08:00
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
4 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
a month ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
a month ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
a month ago
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
7 months ago
‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson
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Mon, 06/03/2024 - 10:51
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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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...
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
12 months ago
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
a week ago
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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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,...
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Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” –...
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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