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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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History Today Feed
A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
11 months ago
A History of Phantom Pain
j.hoare
Mon, 01/15/2024 - 12:44
TheCollector
Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
9 months ago
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry Winogrand: Winogrand Color we look at some of the New York-born photographer’s 45,000 early colour street photographs in 1950s and 1960s America. In 1970 and Winogrand visited the...
Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote Woolworths’ UK line of “Baby Doll” cosmetics in the late 1960s. These “pop-style” adverts appeared in the country’s magazines for teenagers, like Jackie, RAVE, Flair, Queen and...
Flashbak
Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
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...
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Flashbak
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
6 months ago
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
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What Makes the City of London Unique?
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Constantine Replica Statue Lands in Rome
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TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
a year ago
Laconic wit through the centuries
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
2 days ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
Original ‘Keep Calm’ Posters Set to Sell for Thousands at Auction
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History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
TheCollector
The Fate of Jewish Art Collections in WWII: 20 Looted Families
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History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
7 months ago
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
What Is Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Taste?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Julio-Claudians
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TheCollector
When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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Flashbak
László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and...
3 months ago
László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
TheCollector
7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
TheCollector
5 Unique Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in the Incan Empire
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TheCollector
Fra Angelico’s Theology & Aesthetics in 3 Extraordinary Paintings
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
TheCollector
Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
3 Inspiring Japanese Women That Made Video Art
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
African History...
on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
6 hours ago
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain and became one of the most celebrated Andalusian poets, he wasn't the first from his region to visit the Moorish kingdom.
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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What Is the Didache?
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
4 months ago
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
Why Do Anti-Natalists Oppose Birth?
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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TheCollector
Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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TheCollector
Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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TheCollector
Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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TheCollector
What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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11 months ago
African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
a year ago
government in central Africa.
History Today Feed
Death of a Samurai Legend
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
6 months ago
Death of a Samurai Legend
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
UNESCO Creates a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts
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TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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TheCollector
Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
History Today Feed
Free French Bombers Over France
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Free French Bombers Over France
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
10 months ago
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a week ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
a week ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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TheCollector
Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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8 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
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
TheCollector
Who Were the Samaritans?
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TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
TheCollector
Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Teach Your Children ....
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
a year ago
Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
TheCollector
What Was Jim Crow?
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Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
Trying to Understand...
In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
a year ago
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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TheCollector
The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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Dreams of Space -...
A Journey to the Moon: A science fiction poem for children (1954)
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary...
a year ago
An unusual children's book consisting of a long poem about Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and an imaginary trip to the Moon. It is highly illustrated and worth a look if you have not seen it. It was colored in places in crayon by a child but that sort of adds to the charm of someone who...
TheCollector
How Did Bebop Influence Jazz?
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Classical Wisdom
What is the WORD? How can we understand Logos?
Do Words Matter?
a year ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
8 months ago
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...
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Who Was Jelly Roll Morton? Self-styled “Inventor” of Jazz
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies?
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TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
Flashbak
1980s NYC and the Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
What Is Nestorianism?
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TheCollector
5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
6 months ago
What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
Classical Wisdom
Why are MYTHS Important?
Podcast with Stephen Fry
6 months ago
TheCollector
John Sellars on Aristotle’s Life, Philosophy, and Relevance Today
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TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Classical Wisdom
Who cares about Homer, anyway?
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
2 weeks ago
What the legendary blind bard tells us about ourselves in the here and now
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
3 weeks ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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TheCollector
9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
a month ago
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Cimbrian War: Rome’s Greatest Threat Since Hannibal
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History Today Feed
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 -...
a month ago
‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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TheCollector
King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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a year ago
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best?
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
When The Music's Over ...
Turn out the lights.
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
a year ago
Monsters, Morpheus, and The Matrix
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
TheCollector
Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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TheCollector
How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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TheCollector
8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
War in Dreamland
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
5 months ago
Against mythology, reality itself contends in vain.
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
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
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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TheCollector
FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Flashbak
Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
5 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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TheCollector
What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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TheCollector
Jean Cocteau: A Complete Insight (Bio & Art)
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
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This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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‘Daughter of the Dragon’ by Yunte Huang review
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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What Is the Good Friday Agreement?
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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World’s Oldest Egyptian Museum Unveils New Galleries
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Classical Wisdom
Finding Odysseus’ Homeland
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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12 Most Important Achievements in the Space Race
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Street Walker: Dynamic America In The 1970s
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Who Won the Battle of Nashville?
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Nuehmahr review
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Who Was Averroes?
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Dreams of Space -...
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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How Did King Tut Die? (5 Theories)
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The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great?
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Virgil and the Aeneid
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Origins of Latin Literature
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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James Joyce's Ulysses
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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
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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