Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
Res Obscura
A very deep history of Halloween
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
a month ago
Or, how far back can historical analysis take us?
TheCollector
5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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a year ago
TheCollector
Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Classical Wisdom
The Great Debate: Free Will VS Determinism
Heraclitus against Parmenides
2 months ago
Heraclitus against Parmenides
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Catching Nessie on Film
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
7 months ago
Catching Nessie on Film
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/16/2024 - 09:41
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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TheCollector
Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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a month ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
Were the Nuremberg Trials Only Held in Nuremberg?
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TheCollector
What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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TheCollector
What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
How Iran Won the West
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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TheCollector
What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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History Today Feed
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
9 months ago
Was the Trojan Horse Real?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/29/2024 - 09:35
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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8 months ago
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The American Patriot War: “The Americans Are Coming!”
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a year ago
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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9 months ago
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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Pablo Picasso’s Composition Techniques Explained Through 6 Works
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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a year ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
7 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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History Today Feed
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
3 months ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
TheCollector
What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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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...
TheCollector
Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea...
a month ago
So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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What Was Robert Mapplethorpe Inspired By?
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Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
TheCollector
Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? The Tragic Story Behind the Phrase
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TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
Euripides’ Lost Plays
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
TheCollector
How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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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
Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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TheCollector
Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
a year ago
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
j.hoare
Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Classical Wisdom
What is Virtue?
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
3 months ago
Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
2 months ago
History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
What Makes the City of London Unique?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
7 months ago
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...
TheCollector
8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
a month ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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6 Mythological Creatures Found on Tarot Cards and Their Meaning
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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African History...
Persian myths and realities on the Swahili coast: contextualizing the 'Shirazi' civilization.
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
a year ago
Why geneticists found what archeologists and historians had failed to locate.
TheCollector
The Infancy Gospel of Thomas & the Childhood of Jesus Christ
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Night Witches: The Female Russian Combat Unions of the Sky
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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5 Important Stories From the Aboriginal Dreamtime
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
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A Colossal Ramses II Statue Pieces Uncovered
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
TheCollector
The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
The Sad History of Canada’s Inuit High Arctic Relocations
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Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (Feb and Dec 1946)
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are...
over a year ago
The Rockets Journal was a post-war publication of the United States Rocket Society. There are several online issues here
https://fanac.org/fanzines/Rockets/
Here is a biography of the controversial editor:
https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/robert-l-farnsworth-as-a-fortean
I...
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Flashbak
Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews,...
8 months ago
In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
TheCollector
How Accurate Were Aristotle’s Views on Science?
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Flashbak
Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
9 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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What Is the History of Swedish Colonialism?
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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The Brutal Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket: Blood on the Flagstones
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
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Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Classical Wisdom
Classics Friday
Gifts for Wisdom Lovers
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
a year ago
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago. I really like this 1973 issue of Youth Technology. The issue was dedicated to Soviet past and future in space. It has some great illustration of what they had done and what they...
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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5 Key Tenets of Rastafarian: Between Zion and Babylon
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Wrong Side of...
Why we need an insufferable liberal elite
The Great Migration to Bluesky
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Trying to Understand...
Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
a year ago
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Venus of Urbino: How Titian Reinvented the Nude
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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TheCollector
These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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History Today Feed
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
8 months ago
‘How Finland Survived Stalin’ by Kimmo Rentola review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/09/2024 - 10:06
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
The Grand Egyptian Museum Soon Opens for Visitors
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
8 months ago
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case"
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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History Today Feed
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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2 months ago
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
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
History Today Feed
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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...
3 days 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...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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a year ago
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...
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4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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7 months ago
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What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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7 months ago
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