TheCollector
7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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a year ago
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The Anglo-Zanzibar War (AKA The Shortest War in History)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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a month ago
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
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
The Mystical Drawings of William Thomas Horton (1864-1919)
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by...
a year ago
William Thomas Horton (1864–1919) was one of the Smithers People, a number of artists sponsored by Leonard Smithers (1861–1907),a leading light of the Decadent movement and publisher of upscale pornography. Some starry names were in his orbit, including Max Beerbohm, Aleister...
TheCollector
How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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TheCollector
Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Film Noir? A Definition, History, and Impact
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a year ago
TheCollector
6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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11 months ago
CrimethInc.
Sacrificial Violence and Retribution
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way...
a week ago
In the following analysis, we explore the responses to two different extrajudicial killings as a way to understand the different forms of violence that are coming to the fore in our society right now. In the appendix, we offer an incomplete roundup of various responses to the...
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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a year 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.
Wrong Side of...
Welcoming the stranger
Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
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Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', Part Two
TheCollector
Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
a month ago
On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:08
TheCollector
London’s Old Master Sales Squeak by Expectations
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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9 months ago
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Italian Artist Unveils Contemporary Version of Stolen Caravaggio
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
What Was Big Week? How the Allies Won Air Superiority
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Political Effects of the Vietnam War
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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a week 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
Federal Art Project: Documentary Film Exploring the Arts of the WPA
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a year ago
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
Classical Wisdom
The Death of Literary Fiction.... And its Resurrection?
A New -different- Event
a year ago
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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TheCollector
What Are Buddhism’s 4 Main Schools of Thought?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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a year ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
4 weeks ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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12 months ago
Flashbak
The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
4 days ago
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
TheCollector
Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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TheCollector
Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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TheCollector
What is Pantheism in Art?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
a year ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
An American Revolution Drawing Found in a NY Apartment
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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TheCollector
9 Places to Visit Between San Diego and Glacier National Park
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
a year ago
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
6 Greek Gods & Their Role in Homer’s Odyssey
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
a month ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Yuruparí: Amazon’s Unique Myth of Creation & Ritual of Passage
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Makes Jean-Luc Godard An Iconic Film Director?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Did Jesus Teach Stoic Philosophy?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
Flashbak
Postcards From The First Bauhaus Exhibition, 1923
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s...
a month ago
To promote their first major exhibition, from 15 August to 30 September 1923, members of Germany’s Bauhaus design school (der Bauhäusler) produced a set of postcards. Fellow lovers of collecting postcards (deltiology) understand the joy of holding these small picturesque moments...
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Velázquez Portrait of Spanish Queen Pulled by Sotheby’s
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12 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the...
a year ago
This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
TheCollector
The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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a year ago
weird medieval guys
Explore medieval life and death with these 5 brilliant interactive maps!
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
a year ago
Travels, murders, and......eels?!!
Trying to Understand...
What Can You Do When You Don't Have A Culture?
Not that much, actually.
4 months ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Ayn Rand: The Female Founder of Objectivism
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TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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9 months ago
Hidden History
The 1914 Christmas Truce
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous...
a week ago
[NOTE: I re-run this diary every year.] The Christmas Truce of 1914 was one of the most famous events to come out of the First World War. Some have called it the last gasp of the chivalric age of professional militaries and gentlemen officers, to be followed by the full horrors...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Blindspots and Biographies
a year ago
Blindspots and Biographies
Classical Wisdom
Would You Kill the Fat Man?
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
a month ago
Ethical Philosophy for Fun
TheCollector
Aristotle on Knowledge, Truth, and Error (6 Arguments)
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a year ago
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year ago
TheCollector
Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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a year ago
TheCollector
9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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TheCollector
6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Marathon: 7 Sites & Museums to Visit
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Catholicism: The 10 Most Unusual Patron Saints
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Contemporary Art and Sports Come Together at SFMOMA
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2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
3 weeks ago
Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
TheCollector
The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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TheCollector
Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
Res Obscura
Simulating History with Multimodal AI: an Update
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history....
a year ago
Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
TheCollector
Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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TheCollector
Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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2 weeks ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
3 weeks ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
TheCollector
“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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TheCollector
Do We Want What We Think We Want? Jacques Lacan on Desire
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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12 months ago
Flashbak
Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
11 months ago
Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
TheCollector
Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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TheCollector
Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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TheCollector
Was Ambrosius Aurelianus the Real King Arthur?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
TheCollector
Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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TheCollector
A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
The Silence of the Elephants
3 months ago
The Silence of the Elephants
TheCollector
How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Pilgrims?
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TheCollector
Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
TheCollector
5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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What Is Nestorianism?
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
a year ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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TheCollector
Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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6 of the Largest Cities in the Modern World
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England?
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
How French Was Medieval England?
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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TheCollector
The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
7 months ago
Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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
History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
8 months ago
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Navel Gaze?
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
a year ago
Omphaloskepsis...and What is a Hero?
Flashbak
26 Found Photos of Australian Life In the 1970s
The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry...
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The best satire is never far removed from the truth it lampoons. In the 1970s, comedian Barry Humphries (17 February 1934 – 22 April 2023) created Sir Les Patterson and made him Australia’s cultural ambassador. Drunk, lecherous and offensive, after Sir Les made his debut...
TheCollector
6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
American polarisation: part 2
2 months ago
American polarisation: part 2
Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
2 months ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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The most interesting things I read in 2023
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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What Is the Legacy of the Battle of Gettysburg?
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The Art of Collage and Assemblage in Modern Art
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History Today Feed
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:52
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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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...
10 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;...
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What Was Cultural Life in the Weimar Republic Like?
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting...
2 months ago
Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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Weekend Roundup
Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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Homer, Heracles, and Virgil
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
6 months ago
Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Wed, 06/19/2024 - 09:50
Trying to Understand...
How About a Victory for the Left Occasionally?
Here are a few modest ideas.
a year ago
Here are a few modest ideas.
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/23/2024 - 08:00
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6 American Film Noirs Influenced by German Expressionism
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
a year ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Kalimantan: Indonesia’s Hidden Gem for Animal Lovers
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Why Did Italy Switch Sides During the World Wars?
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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7 Important Baroque Paintings You Should Know
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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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...
10 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...
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A History of the House of Savoy: From Its Origins to Its End
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
7 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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Who is Buried in the Valley of the Kings?
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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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?
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
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Drunk by Edward Slingerland: 5 Reasons Why People Get Intoxicated
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Albert Speer: Architect, Minister, and Hitler’s Closest Friend
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Clive of India
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
a month ago
The Death of Clive of India
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:55
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10 Baroque Artists You Should Know
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How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
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Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
a month ago
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Who Was Osama bin Laden?
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
7 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
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Theodore Roosevelt: Life & Accomplishments of this American President
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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Wrong Side of...
Who speaks of the Armenians?
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
a month ago
Britain is in bed with Putin's friends
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
5 months ago
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
8 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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Andrei Molodkin Holds Art Hostage for Julian Assange’s Life
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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8 Narrative Film Techniques You Should Know
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Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
a week ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
9 months ago
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Epics Collection
5 months ago
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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9 months ago
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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