Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Lisa Schiff Art Collection Could Hit the Auction Block
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Important Notification
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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...
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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...
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
History Today Feed
Aliens and the Enlightenment
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
Aliens and the Enlightenment
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/12/2024 - 07:00
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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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...
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...
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
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Who Was Henri Cartier Bresson?
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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What Is the Significance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations?
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
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In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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What to See if You Only Have a Day at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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Heracles and the Lernaean Hydra: The Hero’s Second Labor
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
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James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
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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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Classical Wisdom
Gaius Marius
... and the Fall of the Republic
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... and the Fall of the Republic
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6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’...
3 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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What Happened to the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World?
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of...
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“These photographs are mostly not posed: I just butted into my kids’ personal business and, a lot of times, they weren’t that happy about it. I went to three or four Lollapalooza concerts with my camera when they were there – I busted into things not to supervise them but to take...
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The Balloon Museum Opens in London
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Notre Dame Unveils Plans for Contemporary Stained Glass
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Rome Considers Entry Fee for Famed Trevi Fountain
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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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...
5 months ago
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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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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Lucio Fontana Piece Could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s
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Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
10 months ago
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Cricket & Colonialism: A Tale of Imperial Power & Influence
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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Getty Map Sold by Christie’s
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History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
The Shire must be brought to heel
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The Shire must be brought to heel
Dr Alun Withey
News Just In: Dr W Joins TikTok – @dralun7
Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still...
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Yes, it’s true – I’ve finally joined the 21st century and decided to try something new. I am still only setting things up, so please be patient with the extremely cheesy and clunky vids as I try to work out what I’m doing! I’ve only got a couple of videos up at the moment too, …...
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Egon Schiele Works Seized From U.S. Museums
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
a month ago
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Previously Unknown Giorgione Painting Found in Germany
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Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
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We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Three Early Basquiats to Sell at Phillips This Spring
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
3 months ago
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also refers to my relationship to my country.’ — Harry Gruyaert Harry Gruyaert’s photographs show his preference for shooting in the street, where he can capture the unexpected, most...
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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When Was the First Crusade?
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
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a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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The Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (History & Aftermath)
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What Can We Learn from Genre Paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
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 March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r, released a guide to diesel Engine Care.
Wunderland Rabbits,...
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
CrimethInc.
Georgia: The Firework Protests : A Report and Video Footage from the Streets of Tbilisi
Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government...
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Tuesday, December 3 marked the sixth consecutive night of clashes between police and anti-government protesters in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. We offer the following short report and video footage courtesy of Georgian anarchists.
The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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Your Guide to the Best of Contemporary Art in Hanoi, Vietnam
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Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
5 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
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When Was D-Day?
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
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Power laws in criminal behavior
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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What Is Gnosticism?
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An Ancient Ramses II Bust Returned to Egypt
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
TheCollector
What Are the Oldest Books in the Bible?
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History Today Feed
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/11/2024 - 15:56
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Battle of the Historians
a year ago
TheCollector
Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Abomey: capital of Dahomey (ca. 1650-1894)
Urbanism in the forest region.
a year ago
Urbanism in the forest region.
Trying to Understand...
Things Don't Always Get Better.
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
2 months ago
And "Against Recentism," while we're at it.
TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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TheCollector
A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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What Is First Thessalonians About?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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History Today Feed
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
6 months ago
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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Huacas and Apus: Sacred Landscapes of the Inca
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
TheCollector
Bobby Fischer vs. the World: Chess Within the Cold War
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 months ago
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‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Contemporary Artist to Recreate Missing Piece of Bayeux Tapestry
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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
Philosopher Kings
10 months ago
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
Dr Alun Withey
The Troublesome Gibbet of John Haines, the ‘Wounded Highwayman’ of Hounslow.
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the...
10 months ago
For this post, I am going to wander into the world of crime in the late eighteenth century, and the grisly fate that befell many who committed the heinous crime of highway robbery. (Full disclosure: I’m not an historian of crime, gibbets or highwaymen…perhaps the case I’m about...
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
6 months ago
‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:22
Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
Hundred Rabbits
a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
TheCollector
Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Iconic ‘Original’ Photos of Yellowstone?
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
a month ago
Factoids From the Ancient World
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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TheCollector
$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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TheCollector
What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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What Is Appropriation in Art?
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TheCollector
New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House”
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
6 months ago
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
TheCollector
Glasgow Museum Retrieved Robert Gemmell Hutchison Piece
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TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
Flashbak
Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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...
TheCollector
Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
TheCollector
The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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TheCollector
What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
8 months ago
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
TheCollector
Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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What’s the Biblical Background to the Sword in the Stone?
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TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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TheCollector
Switzerland’s Historic Neutrality: Why Doesn’t the Country Take Sides?
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2 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Further Guide for the Perplexed.
They didn't know. But they know now.
7 months ago
They didn't know. But they know now.
TheCollector
How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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7 months ago
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
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb) look at why the thing to use to beat a Macedonian sarisa phalanx is, in fact, a Roman legion in the third and second century BC. Last time, we finished our look at the third-century...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
6 months ago
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
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TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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9 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
TheCollector
Christie’s to Auction $30 Million Basquiat Stretcher-Bar Painting
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some odds and ends.
5 months ago
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
2 months ago
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Who Is Sir David Attenborough?
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a year 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
TheCollector
7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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10 months ago
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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11 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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9 Works That Defined El Greco’s Career
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