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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is the Hierarchy of Angels in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
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A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
Open Culture
When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public...
a week ago
Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
Uxn, added 2 new commands...
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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TheCollector
Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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TheCollector
What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
TheCollector
Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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How Did the Tudors Celebrate Christmas?
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Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome
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7 months ago
And Her Controversial Religion
TheCollector
What Is Populism?
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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What Are the Earliest Manuscripts of the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
[Ebook] The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius...
a year ago
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Meditations (or Things to One’s Self) of Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) gives you a prescribed way in which you can actually reduce genuine suffering in your life because Rome’s great “philosopher king” lays out a very compelling, very...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
They know what they think.
a year ago
They know what they think.
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Artist Frank Auerbach Dies at 93
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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History Today Feed
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
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JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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Classical Wisdom
Last Call for Classical Gifts
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
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Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
2 weeks ago
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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An In-Depth History of Health Insurance in the United States
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Flashbak
The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Wrong Side of...
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
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Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bio, Nature, & the Birth of Transcendentalism
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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The Death of a Mnemonist
The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
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The Death of a Mnemonist
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Flashbak
A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
a month ago
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
Flashbak
A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
4 weeks ago
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
1920s Flappers: An Overview of the Ladies of the Jazz Age
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TheCollector
Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
TheCollector
A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
Classical Wisdom
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Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
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What Impact Did Realism Have on Society?
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
TheCollector
Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
History Today Feed
The Lost Years of Jesus
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
a year ago
The Lost Years of Jesus
j.hoare
Wed, 11/29/2023 - 09:48
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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TheCollector
Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Classical Wisdom
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Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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TheCollector
Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Classical Wisdom
The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
Flashbak
The Coming of the Unconscious: JG Ballard’s Guide To Surrealism In Science Fiction
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s...
4 months ago
In 1966, readers of issue 164 of New Worlds magazine (1946 – 1997) could enjoy writer JG Ballard’s (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009)review of La Jetée, the time-travel short by Chris Marker about time and memory which was receiving its first London screenings and his essay ‘The...
TheCollector
How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance?
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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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....
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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History Today Feed
The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
TheCollector
Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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TheCollector
When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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TheCollector
Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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TheCollector
4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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TheCollector
6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
TheCollector
1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 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
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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TheCollector
London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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TheCollector
Why Are There Only Four Gospels?
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TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
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
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Did M.C. Escher Influence Cinema?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is an Existential Crisis?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
a month ago
American polarisation: part 2
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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TheCollector
How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write?
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Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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What Were the Main Aims of Fauvism?
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
TheCollector
6 Micronations You Should Know
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Flashbak
Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of...
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When in June 1987, Shirley Baker photographed passengers at England’s Manchester Airport, many of them would have been on their way to sunny Spain as part of their package holiday. Jake Clark first arrived there in the late 1960s when his parents moved to a fishing village in...
Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
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Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
TheCollector
Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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History Today Feed
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
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Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Flashbak
Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex...
a month ago
Peter Marshall has taken us around London the 1980s, showing us graffiti in London, garages, sex shops, the West End, the East End and all parts between. Our focus here is in the cars on London’s roads in the 1980s. David Rostance took his pictures of London cars in the 1970s....
TheCollector
Who Were the Landsknechts?
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TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
TheCollector
The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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TheCollector
Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
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TheCollector
6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
Flashbak
Finding The Original Drugstore Cowboy : Los Angeles In 1980
Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith...
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Originally the Columbia Drugstore was next to Gower Gulch at Sunset and Gower, says Meredith Jacobson Marciano. In 1980, the coffee shop was closing forever.”The term “drugstore cowboy” came from here to mean a young wannabe whippersnapper who wanted to get into Westerns but...
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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What Was Organization Todt?
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
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Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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A Brief History of Chile
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Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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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...
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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
The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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TheCollector
Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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TheCollector
Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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TheCollector
9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
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Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
What Caused the First Opium War in China?
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TheCollector
How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
TheCollector
How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
History Today Feed
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
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Shakespeare’s Sister Speaks
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:11
Flashbak
Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
TheCollector
Art Basel Miami Beach Faces Protests
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weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
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Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
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11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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Who Was Hilma af Klint? 7 Facts About the Pioneer of Abstract Art
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Flashbak
Dust And Decadence In Weimar Berlin: Gustav Wunderwald’s Paintings Of Another City
Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav...
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Weimar Berlin wasn’t all cabaret, sex, drugs and lots of fun. The set designer and artist Gustav Wunderwald (1 January 1882 – 24 June 1945) liked to look at the other side of life in Germany’s biggest city. He avoided the decadence and any obvious comment and conspicuous...
TheCollector
4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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What Was the Celtic “Cult of the Head”?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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Who Was George Eliot?
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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What to See on Vienna’s Long Night of Museums
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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The Colombia Banana Massacre of 1928: The Shocking Story
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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