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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
TheCollector
Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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7 Shocking Animal Attacks You’ve Never Heard Of
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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
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Flashbak
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...
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‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
a year ago
‘In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl’ by Merilee Grindle review
j.hoare
Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:08
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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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
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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...
TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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Aleister Crowley & the Occult Order of Thelema: The Wickedest Man?
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Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
TheCollector
What Was the Carnation Revolution?
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MFA Boston Returns a Looted Egyptian Coffin to Sweden
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
2 weeks ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
TheCollector
7 Works That Define Thomas Gainsborough’s Legacy
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Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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French Culture Minister Calls For Climate Activism Penalties
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
2 months ago
Lessons from Prometheus and Frankenstein
TheCollector
End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
4 Places You Must See in Delhi (If You Love Art & History)
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
2 months ago
Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 10:14
Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Love and Death
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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Street Shots of New York City in 1978
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York...
yesterday
“Every day was like being in a scene from a movie set in the city” – George Wright In ‘New York 1978’, British photographer George Wright shows us the city. Having trained as a graphic design at London’s Wimbledon School of Art in the early 1970s, Wright took a class taught...
TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
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What Is the History of Halloween?
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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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
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of the Mind
a year ago
TheCollector
Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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Johnny Cash: A Bio of Country Ballads & Boisterous Song
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
Open Culture
Bob Dylan Reads “ ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” On His Holiday Radio Show (2006)
Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex...
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Allow me to name just a few of the people I want to hear hosting and curating radio shows—former Sex Pistols’ singer John Lydon, former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, former Woody Guthrie impersonator Bob Dylan.… Luckily for me, this ain’t just fantasy baseball; at various times,...
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Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
African History...
A history of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) ca. 700-1900.
State and society on a cosmopolitan island
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State and society on a cosmopolitan island
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
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TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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Flashbak
Bullshit Jobs: The Emptiness of Life In A Corporate Office
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment,...
a week ago
“If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all one would have to do would be to make him do work that was completely and utterly devoid of usefulness and meaning.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead From faces...
TheCollector
Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Collecting Art
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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10 Artworks by Yoko Ono You Should Know
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
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