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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/10/2024 - 09:48
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
3 months ago
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Bayeux Tapestry: 9 Revelations from a Medieval Masterpiece
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
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Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
2 months ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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Exploring Soviet Brutalism Through 9 Iconic Buildings
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
Three years late, but historians are always late
a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
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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...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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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
The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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Patterns in Humanity
The case for prisons
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
3 months ago
The purpose of prisons, and the evidence of their efficacy
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What Is Populism?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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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...
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10 Unmissable Masterpieces in the Louvre
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Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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10 Ancient Sites in New Mexico You Should Visit
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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weird medieval guys
An 800 year prayer book that's decorated with puns
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
a year ago
Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Weekend Roundup
Olympics Special
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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Happy Easter! What Are the Origins of Easter?
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Pontius Pilate: The Man Who Sentenced Jesus Christ to Death
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Overcoming Bias
What Culture Can You Trust?
Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Star Wars came out when I was 17, and made a big impression on me; I loved it.
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
2 months ago
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
9 months ago
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What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
3 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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American Dream Revisited: Affluence & Turbulence in 1950s America
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
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Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Mao Zedong: His Origins & Unlikely Rise to Power
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Trying to Understand...
The Obligatory End-of-Year Essay.
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
a year ago
But do me a favour, and read it anyway.
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
3 weeks ago
But is there anything there?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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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
donsol, ported our Famicom(6502) code to Varvara(uxn).
uxn,...
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
Hundred Rabbits
an island to oneself
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things...
over a year ago
Traveling to New Zealand, after a year of unknown, was a great comfort to us. There are a few things Devine and I were really looking forward to, like a good latte, craft beer, a fresh food market and a bulk food store. I found a city that checked all of the boxes.
Many of the...
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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History Today Feed
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
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Books of the Year 2024: Part 1
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/28/2024 - 09:32
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
8 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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6 Places to Visit in Cape Town for History & Art Lovers
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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Does Free Will Exist?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
2 months ago
The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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What Is an Antipope?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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African History...
Early civilizations of ancient Africa and the pre-Aksumite civilization of the northern Horn.
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of...
3 months ago
In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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First Major Survey of Georgia O’Keeffe Cityscapes Opens June 2
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Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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TheCollector
How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
To all the newspapers I loved
The decline and fall of the print media.
11 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
TheCollector
The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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The Chagra: A Model for Sustainable Agriculture in the Amazon
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
4 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Global Inequality...
Why is the Serbia-Kosovo situation globally serious?
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a...
a year ago
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café when I overheard a very animated conversation between a lady who seemed to blame Serbia for World War I (and perhaps World War III?) and the well-dressed maitre d’ who was so excited that he kept on...
TheCollector
8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Thousand Rooms, added a Brazilian Portuguese version.
Wunderland...
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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TheCollector
How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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TheCollector
Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
TheCollector
Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 27, 2024 (Year in Review)
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year...
a week ago
Hey folks! Year is coming to a close, so once again I’m going to offer a bit of an end-of-year reflection on the state of the project, along with a brief ‘what’s on the stove’ coverage of what may be coming up. Also, here’s a cat picture: In terms of the project itself, 2024 was,...
TheCollector
What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Ancient Marble Zeus Head Unearthed in Türkiye
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
2 weeks ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
a year ago
On cartography as historical argument
TheCollector
What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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TheCollector
What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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Flashbak
How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
11 months ago
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
TheCollector
The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Classical Wisdom
Aeneas: Founder of Rome
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
11 months ago
The Most Important Myth Ever Told?
Flashbak
Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
6 months ago
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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10 Shocking Facts About King Philip’s War
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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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...
9 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
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
4 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
Open Culture
Famous Architects Dress as Their Famous New York City Buildings (1931)
On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York...
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On January 13, 1931, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects held a ball at the Hotel Astor in New York City. According to an advertisement for the event, anyone who paid $15 per ticket (big money during the Depression) could see a “hilarious modern art exhibition” and things...
Overcoming Bias
Culture Status Report
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my...
a month ago
I’ve been focused on cultural drift for about nine months now, and the probability estimates in my last post make this a good time to take stock.
TheCollector
How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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The Second Punic War: How Hannibal Almost Conquered Rome
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
Classical Wisdom
Final Call
Class Begins Tomorrow
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
TheCollector
Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine In NATO Would Be A Disaster ...
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
a year ago
But not necessarily for the reasons you think.
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Was He Really “The Great Emancipator”? A Look at Lincoln’s Presidency
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Dreams of Space -...
A Book of Moon Rockets for You (1959
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
Here is a great story of how we WANTED to land on the Moon. It has wonderful illustrations and I am happy to share on this day of celebration of a landing.
Branley, Franklyn M. Illustrated by Kessler, Leonard. A Book of...
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Dr Alun Withey
The ‘Celebrated Inventions’ of Alexander Ross.
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners,...
over a year ago
One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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TheCollector
The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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.
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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History Today Feed
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
2 months ago
The Road from East Germany to North Korea
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Classical Wisdom
Will There Be “Crazy” People?
Symposium on the Seas...
11 months ago
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Philosopher?
And the Boundless Universe
6 months ago
And the Boundless Universe
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
a year ago
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
African History...
The Meroitic script and the documents of ancient Kush (ca. 300BC-450CE)
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic...
5 days ago
The Meroitic writing system of the kingdom of Kush is one of the best-known, yet most enigmatic scripts of the ancient world.
History Today Feed
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
12 months ago
‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/09/2024 - 08:37
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