TheCollector
KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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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...
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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...
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How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
10 months ago
Or does war have its virtues?
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...
a month ago
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:
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Aristotle's Politics
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
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War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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What Is the Will to Power?
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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5 Naval Battles That Defined Russian History
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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10 Heartbreaking Facts About the Rwandan Genocide
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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History Today Feed
‘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
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Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
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The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
2 months ago
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
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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...
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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History Today Feed
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
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‘Catherine de’ Medici’ by Mary Hollingsworth review
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Tue, 09/10/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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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...
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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4 Famous Explorers from the Age of Exploration
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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French Antique Art Dealers Against New E.U. Import Restrictions
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
Flashbak
Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to...
5 months ago
Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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...
over a year ago
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today is usually a pretty mundane – if not a pleasant – experience. Indeed, the rise of traditional barbershops over the past few years, offering shaving as an experience, together with...
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
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We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
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The Birth of Ovid
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Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Best of the Best
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
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Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
TheCollector
Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
History Today Feed
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
Volcanoes on Tour: Recreating Vesuvius
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
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Fri, 11/24/2023 - 10:14
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Dreams of Space -...
Some Day I'll Be an Aerospace Engineer (1967)
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the...
a year ago
A "career book' today to inspire young people to pursue engineering. This is a little later in the space race but they did have a clear plan laid out for creating the engineers they might need. The school library was usually full of these career books to inspire academic...
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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What Are the Most Significant Battles of World War II?
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History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
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Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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Who Is Kiki Smith?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Who Was Django Reinhardt?
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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Plato Vs Aristotle
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How Does Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom Criticize Socialism?
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
Flashbak
Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was drawing to a close” – Kathryn McCool on life in New Zealand in the 1980s Kathryn McCool was 18 when her father gave her a camera (a Ricoh SLR) he’d bought at auction. As Kathryn …...
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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No More Heroes.
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
a month ago
Pity the nation that needs someone else's.
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
The Diversity Paradox.
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
10 months ago
It's about dignity, efficiency, and things like that.
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
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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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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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...
3 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
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A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
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What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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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.
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
8 months ago
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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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
Global Inequality...
The end of the great order under the Heaven
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
4 months ago
A review of Gary Gerstle’s “The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order”
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History
*my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
*my article for ROAPE journal
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
9 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Francis Bacon Portrait of George Dyer to Sell at Sotheby’s
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Classical Wisdom
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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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
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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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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7 Unusual Writing Systems From Around the World & How They Developed
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 17, 2023
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in...
a year ago
Hey folks! Fireside this week! I was hoping to have a post on Roman infantry tactics this week, in particular the oddity of the Romans not using spear-and-shield infantry (much), but it isn’t ready yet and other things have me quite busy, so fireside it is. Fortunately, we have...
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
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History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
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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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
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