TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns Near Amsterdam That Are as Pretty
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TheCollector
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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TheCollector
Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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TheCollector
The Night of the Long Knives: How the Nazis Purged the SA
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TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
2 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Gustave Moreau: The Man Who Defined the Symbolist Movement
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
2 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
History Today Feed
How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
3 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
African History...
a brief note on the origin of African civilizations
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
a year ago
plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
TheCollector
Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
TheCollector
Andrew & Rachel Jackson: A Scandalous Marriage & the 1828 Election
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TheCollector
Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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8 months ago
Flashbak
Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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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?
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‘...
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
2 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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4 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
Trying to Understand...
Will it Bend or Will it Break?
The international system, that is.
a year ago
The international system, that is.
TheCollector
How Did Rothko Seek to Transcend the Visible World?
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TheCollector
What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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a year ago
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
The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
a month ago
Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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6 months ago
TheCollector
3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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8 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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4 months ago
TheCollector
6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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9 months ago
TheCollector
6 Things You Should Know About Pop Art
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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2 months ago
TheCollector
7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
a month ago
The Allure of Medieval Churches
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/30/2024 - 09:12
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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TheCollector
Dick Wolf Gives More Than Two Hundred Pieces to the Met
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
3 months ago
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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TheCollector
Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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TheCollector
7 Women Artists Fighting Climate Change
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TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
2 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Flashbak
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...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
TheCollector
Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
2 months ago
There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
Flashbak
Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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...
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...
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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TheCollector
The US Senate Seeks Explanation for Leon Black’s Art Dealings
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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10 months ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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TheCollector
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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a year ago
TheCollector
Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
2 weeks ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
TheCollector
The First Black President: Barack Obama’s Historic Election in 2008
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TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Lives of Exiles
9 months ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Front Triennial Canceled Due to Lack of Funding
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
The Political Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
Flashbak
President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
a month ago
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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3 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
TheCollector
Edward VIII: The Worst Monarch in British History?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
TheCollector
7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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TheCollector
10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
a year ago
Ancient Philosophy for Children
TheCollector
Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the “Mind”?
And How Do We Learn?
a year ago
History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
4 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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TheCollector
Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
5 months ago
TheCollector
Oxyrhynchus: History’s Most Revealing Rubbish Dump
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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TheCollector
What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History
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TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro (7 Things to Do)
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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TheCollector
5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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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
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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a month ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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TheCollector
What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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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
Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Longest Bridges in the World?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Historic Landmarks in Florida
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a month ago
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
10 Artists and Their Indispensable Canine Companions
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
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Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
TheCollector
Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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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...
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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
TheCollector
Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Small Towns in the Adirondacks
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Flashbak
Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it...
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Très Parisien magazine sold itself as ‘chic’ and ‘elegant’. Published between 1920 and 1936 it presented creations by such couturiers as Louise Chéruit, Premet (best known for La Garconne, or The Flapper, a black dress with a white collar and cuffs introduced in 1923, Philip et...
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
Flashbak
The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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TheCollector
What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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An experiment with historical simulation
TheCollector
What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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TheCollector
5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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How (& Why) Is Kaliningrad Part of Russia?
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
GrimGrains, added a quick grilled cheese recipe.
Noodle,...
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Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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How Did Gnosticism Influence Early Christianity?
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Classical Wisdom
On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
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Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
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The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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10 Oldest National Parks in the United States
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
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The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
a month ago
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
TheCollector
Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
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The world that created Caravaggio
History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
a year ago
What if Aristotle ran Amazon?
TheCollector
Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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TheCollector
American Modernist Florine Stettheimer Gets Catalogue Raisonné
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Res Obscura
Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
Res Obscura
Historical maps probably helped cause World War I
On cartography as historical argument
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On cartography as historical argument
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
a year ago
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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What Is Lucas Samaras Known For?
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Res Obscura
The most interesting things I read in 2023
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Most of them are not from 2023
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
History Today Feed
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
TheCollector
6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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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.
TheCollector
UFOs in Art History: Is It a Spaceship or a Cloud?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
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TheCollector
“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable?
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5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Beware the Lides of March
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
Beware the Lides of March
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
TheCollector
The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
j.hoare
Thu, 01/04/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Understanding Post-War Australian History in 3 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Lucian Freud Nude to Make $20 Million Auction Debut
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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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...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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