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Summary Of Changes
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https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
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I...
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‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
3 weeks ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
TheCollector
French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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3 weeks ago
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 Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
TheCollector
The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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a year ago
TheCollector
Was Vincent van Gogh Religious?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
TheCollector
New Study Reveals Ancient Secrets of the Nebra Sky Disc
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 months ago
TheCollector
International Art Trafficking Operation Recovers 6,400 Objects
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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...
TheCollector
4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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2 months ago
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
2 weeks ago
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Can't Do, Won't Do!
But striking poses is fun and easy.
11 months ago
But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
An In-Depth Guide to the Army of the Seleucid Empire
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a year ago
TheCollector
Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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a year ago
Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Similar Languages?
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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10 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
3 Mexican Artists Who Painted Political Murals
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
TheCollector
Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
8 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
Classical Wisdom
Who’s in the Tomb?
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
7 months ago
A Macedonian Mystery: The Tombs of Aigai
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
4 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
TheCollector
10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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5 months ago
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...
Flashbak
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...
5 months ago
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
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
TheCollector
The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Distant Worlds (1932)
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller...
a week ago
An early children's science fiction book about spaceflight.
Borrowing from a book-seller description:
Friedrick Mader, "the German Jules Verne" according to Sam Moskowitz, was a popular author of fantastic romances in post-World War One Germany. DISTANT WORLDS is his only novel...
TheCollector
How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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TheCollector
What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
TheCollector
Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
TheCollector
10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
New Year, Old Books
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
5 days ago
New Year, Old Books
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:14
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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a week ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Moon Christmas Coloring Book (1970)
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
12 months ago
Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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