TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
TheCollector
What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 months ago
Flashbak
People of the Twentieth Century: the Ideal German, the Nazi and the Persecuted Jew
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the...
5 months ago
“If we can create portraits of subjects that are true, we thereby in effect create a mirror of the times.” – August Sander, creator of Menschen des 20 Jahrhunderts (People of The 20th Century) What you see above is a picture of Arnold Katz and Benjamin (Benno) Katz being...
TheCollector
René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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TheCollector
5 Fascinating Maps that Show Our Evolving Understanding of the World
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TheCollector
When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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TheCollector
How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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TheCollector
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
What Was the Mandate of Heaven in Imperial China?
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TheCollector
Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
a month ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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2 days ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
The “Arch”: Who Was Desmond Tutu?
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TheCollector
America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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TheCollector
Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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TheCollector
What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Announcing The Beautiful Idea : A New Podcast
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media...
a week ago
Participants in CrimethInc. projects are collaborating with veterans of other anarchist media platforms on a new podcast, The Beautiful Idea, which will offer reporting and analysis of current events. The first episode of The Beautiful Idea has just been released!
In their own...
TheCollector
Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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TheCollector
What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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TheCollector
William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Did Emperor Nero start the Great Fire of Rome?
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11 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Progressive realism and Perfidious Albion
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
a month ago
Britain's foreign policy is woefully naive and self-defeating
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
TheCollector
Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
a year ago
‘Jane Austen’s Wardrobe’ by Hilary Davidson review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/12/2023 - 08:59
TheCollector
What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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9 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added a new page: electrical refit, fuel sensor,...
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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a month ago
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
History Today Feed
The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently...
2 months ago
Many intellectuals, and intellectual wannabes, would, if pressed accept that UFOs seem sufficiently puzzling to justify more careful study.
TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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TheCollector
Who Is the Father of the Beat Generation?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Beneath the Waves...
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
TheCollector
What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Top Achievements?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
10 months ago
Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 09:26
TheCollector
The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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TheCollector
Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
Voices from Chinese Christianity: Between Christ and Confucius
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a year ago
TheCollector
Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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10 months ago
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
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Take Your Best Shot: Vintage Fairground Shooting Gallery Photos
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of...
a week ago
During their first participation in Paris-Photo in 2006, Lumiere des Roses shared a series of fairground photos of men with guns at the shooting gallery. These snapshots were taken mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Many looks remarkably fresh. When I was just a baby my mama told...
TheCollector
What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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a year ago
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
5 days ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
Dreams of Space -...
Wonders of Space Travel (1954)
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space...
a year ago
I have not blogged about this pamphlet since 2010 so here is a more complete scan. Wonders of Space Travel was a pamphlet that came enclosed in the May 8th issue of Lion Weekly (#116) in 1954.
Lion Weekly was a magazine for children with comics and stories. (from Wikipedia...
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
10 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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
What Was the Italian Risorgimento?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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7 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Thatcherism?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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a month ago
Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
a week ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Levi Roach
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
10 months ago
On the Spot: Levi Roach
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:25
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
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a year ago
TheCollector
Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and...
a year ago
Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
TheCollector
The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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a year ago
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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a year ago
TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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TheCollector
Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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3 months ago
Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
5 months ago
Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
TheCollector
The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Pragmatism? (Philosophy, History, Notable Proponents)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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6 months ago
Res Obscura
Why did clothing become boring?
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like...
2 weeks ago
An investigation into when, how, and why everyone started dressing the same — and what it was like when they didn't
TheCollector
Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
3 months ago
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G. R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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TheCollector
The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Magna Graecia
Greek or Roman?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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4 months ago
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
TheCollector
Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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TheCollector
What Is Mudlarking? Treasure Hunting in the Thames
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TheCollector
What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
TheCollector
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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TheCollector
Diego: The First Escaped Slave to Almost Circumnavigate the World
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a year ago
Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
a week ago
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman...
7 months ago
This week, in part as a follow-on to our series on the contest between Hellenistic armies and Roman legions, I wanted to take the opportunity to talk about Alexander III, who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. But I want to discuss his reign with that title, ‘the...
Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
6 days ago
New Event: January 7th, 2025
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
TheCollector
Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
11 months ago
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
TheCollector
Who Were the Armored Pioneers Between the World Wars?
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a month ago
Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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4 months ago
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...
TheCollector
A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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What Is Capoeira?
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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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...
Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
10 months ago
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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What Were the Most Terrible Acts of the British Empire?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
TheCollector
Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
TheCollector
Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
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The Horrors of “Rubber Fever” in the Amazon Rainforest
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Alexander Nevsky: Savior of the Kievan Rus’?
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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4 Key Works by Mordecai Richler You Should Be Reading
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
Flashbak
John Martin’s Thrilling Illustrations for Paradise Lost (1827)
“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death...
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“Of Man’s First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe” – The opening lines to Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrated by John Martin John Milton’s (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) epic poem...
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
10 months ago
The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/07/2024 - 09:45
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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE)
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
a week ago
The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Working in Ancient Egypt: 5 Interesting Professions
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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13 English Words with Greek Origins
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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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,...
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...
2 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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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
4 months ago
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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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
6 months ago
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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...
TheCollector
The Role of Money in US Elections: Can We Achieve Fair Campaign Finance?
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The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Trying to Understand...
Understanding What's Happening in France.
The kinetic phase may come next.
a year ago
The kinetic phase may come next.
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chickamauga?
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
a month ago
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Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
a year ago
Was the 1926 Floating University a Failure?
j.hoare
Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:45
TheCollector
What Was the Dreyfus Affair?
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
9 months ago
Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
TheCollector
8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
a year ago
Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
10 Artworks to See at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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2 months ago
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The Vienna Secession is Founded
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
8 months ago
The Vienna Secession is Founded
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/03/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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11 months ago
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
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