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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Flashbak
A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
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“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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The Secret Life of Latin
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TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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Why do People Believe Britons are Descended from Israelites?
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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Julius Caesar: From General to Dictator (Bio, Battles, & Death)
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King Charles XIV John (Bernadotte): Marshal of France, King of Sweden
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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The Major Battle of the American Revolution That Never Happened
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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12 Facts About Marina Abramović and Her Work
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The Rise of Extractive Politics
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TheCollector
3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Battle of Pydna: How the Romans Ended the Macedonians
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Who Were the Most Famous Symbolists?
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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Let's Be Enemies
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Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
TheCollector
Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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Res Obscura
Res Obscura is now on Substack
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TheCollector
Who Was Geoffrey of Monmouth? The Man Who Made Arthur and Merlin
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
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TheCollector
Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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Who Was the Only U.S. President to Serve More Than Two Terms?
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Did Climate Change Cause the Collapse of Egypt’s New Kingdom?
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History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
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Global Inequality...
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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
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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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...
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“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...
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Prehistoric Art Examples Found in Turkey
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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The First Provenance Research Head at the Met
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Banksy Mural to Be Sold with the Building It’s Painted On
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St. Nicholas
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What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America?
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Flashbak
British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
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TheCollector
Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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TheCollector
4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
TheCollector
5 Famous Assassins Who Changed History
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Why Is There One Caryatid at the British Museum and Five in Athens?
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Classical Wisdom
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
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Variety is the Spice of Ancient Life
TheCollector
What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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History Today Feed
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
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When Nostalgia Was Deadly
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/11/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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TheCollector
The Orixás of Candomblé: Who Is Your Tutelary Spirit?
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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TheCollector
5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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10 months ago
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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