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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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TheCollector
How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
African History...
The 'hidden founders' of African studies in Europe: African intellectuals in the Holy Roman Empire...
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then...
4 weeks ago
In June 1652, the Ethiopian scholar Abba Gorgoryos reached the city of Nuremburg in what was then the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany) where he met Hiob Ludolf, an envoy and linguist whom later generations of ‘Ethiopists’ would regard as the founder of Ethiopian studies in...
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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TheCollector
What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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11 months ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
TheCollector
The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
TheCollector
What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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TheCollector
10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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TheCollector
How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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10 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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TheCollector
What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
TheCollector
When Did World War II Start and End?
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a year ago
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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7 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
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
a month ago
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
History Today Feed
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
6 months ago
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
TheCollector
10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the role of Africans in the early Islamic expansion
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
a year ago
an African kingdom in southern Italy.
TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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3 months ago
Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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Flashbak
‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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TheCollector
Adolf Hitler in WWII: The Last 6 Years of His Life
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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TheCollector
What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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TheCollector
What Were the Religious Beliefs of Hans Holbein the Younger?
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TheCollector
Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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TheCollector
10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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TheCollector
Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Odysseus in the Underworld
Real or Fantasy?
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Maccabees?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
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TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
3 days ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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12 months ago
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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TheCollector
7 Facts About the Ghent Altarpiece
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TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
a month ago
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
9 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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,...
TheCollector
Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Leaders of WWII?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Classical Wisdom
Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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TheCollector
Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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Classical Wisdom
Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
a year ago
TheCollector
Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
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,...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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a year ago
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
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
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TheCollector
What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Good King Wenceslas Behind the Christmas Carol?
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TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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TheCollector
Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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a year ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
History Today Feed
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/25/2024 - 11:22
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
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TheCollector
How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
over a year ago
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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TheCollector
8 Artists Who Defined the Roaring Twenties
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TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
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weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
TheCollector
What’s So Special About The Thinker by Auguste Rodin?
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
4 months ago
History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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TheCollector
The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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3 months ago
TheCollector
History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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TheCollector
Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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TheCollector
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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3 weeks ago
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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11 months ago
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
Flashbak
Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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TheCollector
The Getty Museum Returns a Bronze Head to Turkey
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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TheCollector
Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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a month ago
History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
A History of the US House of Representatives
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a year ago
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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6 days ago
TheCollector
Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Princess Diana ‘Black Sheep’ Jumper Sold for $1.1 M.
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Fascinating Tales of Baba Yaga, the Slavic Witch
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Out Of Control.
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
2 months ago
Fear the worst, hope for the best.
TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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11 months ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
For the Love of the Classics
Valentine's Gifts
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
Louis Wain’s Cat Paintings Head to Auction
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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a year ago
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
TheCollector
A Video Interview with Luis Royo: TheCollector Chats with Fantasy Artist
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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9 months ago
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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a year ago
TheCollector
Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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a month ago
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Notorious Nuremberg Trial Defendants?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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4 days ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
TheCollector
Who Was Vernon Lee?
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TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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5 days ago
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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a month ago
TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Is Ancient Greece Really the Cradle of Western Civilization?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
4 months ago
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