Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
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
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
2 weeks ago
My interview with "Atlantico"
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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TheCollector
The Life of St. Francis of Assisi: Patron of Animals
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TheCollector
Claude Picasso Died at Age 76
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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TheCollector
Akhenaten: 7 Secrets of Egypt’s Heretic Pharaoh
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TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Comic Books in WWII: When American Comics Went to War
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
3 weeks ago
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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2 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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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”
TheCollector
Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
a week ago
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
TheCollector
6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
TheCollector
7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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TheCollector
Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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TheCollector
How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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TheCollector
Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Flashbak
Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
6 months ago
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
TheCollector
The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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TheCollector
What Was the Korean Conflict of 1968?
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Blues?
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
5 months ago
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
2 months ago
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
TheCollector
10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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TheCollector
Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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TheCollector
Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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TheCollector
Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Overcoming Bias
No Meta Status Orgs
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to...
a month ago
In health and medicine, we have many government agencies, and private philanthropies, devoted to many specific medical conditions, and also to studying and reforming medicine in general, at a meta level.
TheCollector
What Was Jesus’s Religious Background?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Arizona You Must Visit
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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TheCollector
Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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TheCollector
10 U.S. Retirement Destinations for History Lovers
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
11 months ago
... and the Fall of the Republic
TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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...
6 months ago
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
A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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TheCollector
Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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TheCollector
King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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TheCollector
3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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TheCollector
Battle of the Granicus (334 BCE): Alexander’s Conquest Begins
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
4 months ago
Flashbak
42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
TheCollector
What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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TheCollector
Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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TheCollector
The Ethics of Epicureanism vs The Ethics of Stoicism
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TheCollector
Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Banned Book Week Begins...
3 months ago
Banned Book Week Begins...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
11 months ago
TheCollector
Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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TheCollector
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Advice from the Ancients
11 months ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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History Today Feed
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
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Arthur Cravan: The Disappearing Dadaist
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Peter the Apostle?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, April 12, 2024
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having so many of these so close together, but the recent car troubles I’ve had have eaten into my time quite a lot. At the same time I am getting ready for the annual Society for Military History conference coming at the end of next week. In an...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
Classical Wisdom
Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
3 weeks ago
Philosophical Tools for the Holidays
TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
JamesHoare
Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Who Was Christian Schad? 11 Facts About the German Artist
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TheCollector
Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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Trying to Understand...
Things Are Falling Apart ...
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
a year ago
And the centre's not looking too good, either.
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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TheCollector
Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Hinduism in Bali: Things You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Introducing....Classical Wisdom Books!
Plus... Merch!
a year ago
TheCollector
Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Ghiberti vs. Brunelleschi: The Renaissance Competition
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A History of the Whig Party: Who Were the Whigs?
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Are Isaac and Ishmael Enemies in the Bible?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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Choosing a Leader: The First US Presidential Elections (1789-1800)
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History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby...
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These illustrations are from Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809). Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist and Royal Academy-trained illustrator who specialised in drawing plants and minerals. The full title of his illustrated...
TheCollector
Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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TheCollector
What Was the First Written Language?
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‘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
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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TheCollector
René Descartes’ Legacy: The Persistence of Mind-Body Dualism
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TheCollector
The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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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
10 Historic Sites to Visit in Los Angeles
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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“Just how somebody in photographs can treat black people with dignity. That I’d never seen before” – Frank Stewart Frank Stewart (born 1949) was 14 when he took his trained his Kodak Brownie on the March on Washington for Jobs in Freedom, otherwise known as the Great March in...
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Three Cabins Left
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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Madame de Pompadour: History’s Greatest Mistress
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
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A Woman I Once Knew: A Photographer Records Her Changing Body Over Five Decades
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“For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young… It has to do with who the person is” – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Rosalind Fox Solomon got old. In …...
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Arguing with the Dead
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Brooklyn Museum Adds Art by Black and Asian-American Artists
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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The radical philosophy of the Hatata: a 17th century treatise by the Ethiopian thinker Zara Yacob
the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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the historical context of the Hatata in African philosophy.
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FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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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...
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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6 Outrageous Whaling Stories
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
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a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
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6 months ago
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
6 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
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4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
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The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
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Inside the Catholic State
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Flashbak
Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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Hundred Rabbits
where is the turtle farm
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the...
over a year ago
Pino spent a long time in Savusavu, but by then, we were growing tired of this scenery, not of the market, or of the company to be found here, but just of having that same view every morning. We love this city, but when it's time to go, it's time to go!
We left our mooring at...
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
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over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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Trying to Understand...
Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
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Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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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?
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Aristotle’s Rhetoric: A Brief Overview
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Events Schedule
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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!
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Tunisian Bardo Museum Reopened Recently
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Going to Pieces Slowly...
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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History Today Feed
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
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TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
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Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
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Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
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Who Were the Buffalo Soldiers?
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African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala.
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
3 months ago
It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
African History...
a brief note on contacts between ancient African kingdoms and Rome.
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
6 months ago
finding the lost city of Rhapta on the east African coast.
Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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9 Artists Influenced by Marcel Duchamp
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
Trying to Understand...
Games Nations Play.
But they forget the people and the Street.
7 months ago
But they forget the people and the Street.
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5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
7 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
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5 Forgotten Female Artists You Should Know
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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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
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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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...
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
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