TheCollector
Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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TheCollector
Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
12 months ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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3 months ago
African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
TheCollector
The History of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (& Its Collection)
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4 months ago
TheCollector
A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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a year ago
TheCollector
Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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TheCollector
Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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TheCollector
Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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TheCollector
10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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11 months ago
TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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4 months ago
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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TheCollector
Serop Simonian Art Dealer Arrested by German Polica
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TheCollector
10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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TheCollector
Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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TheCollector
Michel Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Among Napoleon’s Generals
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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TheCollector
How Did the Soviet Union Influence the World?
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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TheCollector
The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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a year ago
Tjaart’s Substack
The curious case of the missing period
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
10 months ago
When Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is not simple
Flashbak
American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
7 months ago
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
TheCollector
What Was the Hanseatic League?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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TheCollector
6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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TheCollector
TheCollector interviewt die zeitgenössischen Künstlerin Toni Mauersberg
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Flashbak
Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
6 months ago
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
TheCollector
Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
How Did Paper Money Develop in the Premodern World?
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TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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TheCollector
How Did Mesopotamia Become the Cradle of Civilization?
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TheCollector
What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
TheCollector
Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Fleet Log Book (1966)
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came...
over a year ago
The Moon Fleet Log Book was a book distributed by Wall's Ice Cream to collect space cards that came with the ice cream. There were spaces for 24 cards. This book was incomplete but still worth sharing with you.
TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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11 months ago
Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
a year ago
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Flashbak
Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while...
9 months ago
“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
TheCollector
What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Supreme Court
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TheCollector
Memphis Citizens Call for End to New Art Museum
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement, Princess Louisa Inlet(added...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
a year ago
a complete history of an African monument
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
7 months ago
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
TheCollector
Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
Who Are Russia’s Old Believers? The Raskol in Russian History
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
Classical Wisdom
How to Save Democracy
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
a year ago
The Importance of the Civic Bargain
TheCollector
The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
Flashbak
Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
2 months ago
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio with Lee and Susan Strasberg in the late 1950s, early 1960s. He appeared on the critically acclaimed CBS television anthology drama series Playhouse 90. And was a longtime resident...
TheCollector
The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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TheCollector
Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Terence
Slave turned Playwright
4 months ago
Flashbak
Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
TheCollector
How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
4 months ago
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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TheCollector
Expressionism: 12 Iconic Paintings & Their Artists
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TheCollector
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Flashbak
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he...
12 months ago
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when Ed Koch was mayor, before decamping to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I remain to this day.At that time you could find many...
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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History Today Feed
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
a year ago
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
TheCollector
Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
2 weeks ago
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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TheCollector
Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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TheCollector
Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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TheCollector
The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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10 months ago
African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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TheCollector
P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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TheCollector
When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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11 months ago
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...
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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History Today Feed
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
4 days ago
Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:27
TheCollector
Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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TheCollector
What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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TheCollector
Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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a year ago
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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6 Eco-Friendly Designs of Thomas Heatherwick
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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UK Exhibition to Pair Pre-Raphaelite Art and Aromas
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in New York
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
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In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
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Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
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The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
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TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
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TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods
Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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TheCollector
8 Famous Dada Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
What Are The Most Popular Myths About the Council of Nicaea?
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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TheCollector
The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Debuts New Infinity Room in Australia Retrospective
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
TheCollector
How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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TheCollector
Should you be Skeptical of Ads? Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Consumerism
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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TheCollector
Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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TheCollector
The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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History Today Feed
King John’s Lost Treasure
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
4 months ago
King John’s Lost Treasure
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
TheCollector
Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Rhetoric
The Power of Persuasion
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Flashbak
East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for...
8 months ago
Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana),...
a month ago
In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
TheCollector
Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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TheCollector
9 Historical Places to Visit in Cornwall
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Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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TheCollector
Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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TheCollector
Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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TheCollector
Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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TheCollector
6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next...
6 months ago
There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many...
a month ago
“When I started this project in 1977, Hull was in the throes of a massive redevelopment, with many inner city areas being bulldozed and instant slums being created on its outskirts. It seemed to have learnt nothing from the mistakes I had fought against during the previous decade...
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
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TheCollector
Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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TheCollector
Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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TheCollector
UN Committee Votes Against “At Risk” Designation for Stonehenge
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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