weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
a year ago
TheCollector
Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
undefined
2 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Grace Jones? Androgyny in Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
undefined
8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
a month ago
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
undefined
a year ago
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...
a week ago
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...
TheCollector
Beauty That Kills: Was Renaissance Makeup Deadly?
undefined
2 weeks ago
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
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
undefined
9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
undefined
7 months ago
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Candomblé: 10 Facts About the Afrobrazilian Religion
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Just How Christian Was the Kingdom of Kongo?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
undefined
5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
undefined
5 days ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom to be “wrong”: the only real advantage of democracy
Why the liberal project will fail
10 months ago
Why the liberal project will fail
History Today Feed
Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
undefined
9 months ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
undefined
4 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
How Did People Get Paid in the Pre-Columbian Americas? (Not in Gold)
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Bringing It All Back Home
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
a year ago
If we can't patronise them over there, we'll do it over here.
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
undefined
5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
undefined
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Celtic Hillforts and Oppida from the Iron Age
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
undefined
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
a month ago
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/31/2024 - 09:25
Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
undefined
a week ago
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Ancient Novel
a year ago
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Scenes From The Second City: Pictures of Birmingham 1980-1986
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city...
8 months ago
A while back in Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987, we looked at England’s second city before there was a Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, and no Bullring as we know it today. Birmingham was a place of subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and...
TheCollector
Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
undefined
2 weeks ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
undefined
2 weeks ago
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
undefined
2 weeks ago
Flashbak
Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
a month ago
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
TheCollector
Research Reveals True Original Color of Van Gogh’s Irises
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
undefined
6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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...
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Bananas & Brutality: The Twisted History of United Fruit
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
undefined
2 months ago
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
a month ago
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
undefined
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
undefined
3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
Titanomachy: Greek Mythology’s Fiercest Battle
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
10 months ago
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...
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
undefined
12 months ago
History Today Feed
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
undefined
6 months ago
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Flashbak
Tirzah Garwood – A Very British Vision of Marriage, Lovers And Work
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when...
a year ago
Tirzah Garwood was an exceptional artist but had the disadvantage of plying her trade at a time when female artists struggled for recognition, writes Graham Bennison. Having married Eric Ravilious in 1930 she followed the conventions of the time, giving up her wood engraving to...
TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
undefined
a year ago
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
TheCollector
New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
undefined
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
undefined
5 months ago
Flashbak
Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in...
10 months ago
Austrian photographer Rudolf Koppitz (4 January 1884 – 8 July 1936) was a Photo-Secessionist in Vienna, Austria, best known for his 1925 work Bewegungsstudie (“Motion Study”) and his use of the nude in natural settings. Working with Claudia Issachenko’s dance group – the troupe...
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
Évora: History & 10 Must-See Sites
undefined
4 months ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
undefined
7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
TheCollector
How One Tiny Island Took on the Ottoman Empire and Won
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Value of Public Space: What is Hostile Architecture?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
undefined
a year ago
African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
a year ago
A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
2 months ago
The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:07
TheCollector
What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
undefined
2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
8 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
undefined
2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
undefined
a month ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
*Time Correction for Wednesday
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Opens 2024 Fair
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
undefined
2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
TheCollector
Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
undefined
7 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
undefined
a year ago
Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
undefined
2 months ago
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?
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Great Migration in the US?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
undefined
6 months ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 