TheCollector
The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was...
10 months ago
The text book Free drawing: a way of teaching drawing based on natural and everyday objects was illustrated by artist Franz Čižek and edited by Hermann Kastner in 1925. The book features 80 plates of rich ornamental compositions. Franz Čižek – Champion of Creative Art For...
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The Louvre Opens Its First-Ever Cimabue Exhibition
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Daedalus and Icarus: What Is the Main Message?
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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New Roman Frescoes Discovered at Pompeii
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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New York City In The 1960s – A Photographer’s Love story
For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that...
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For New Yorker Ronnie Ginnever, photography is a passion. “Fortunately, I was born in the city that I love – New York City,” she says. ” On a good day, I move with the rhythms of the city and feel connected to its soul, spirit and people. The camera is the tool that allows me …...
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
a month ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
over a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
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The Essential Greeks Returns!
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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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...
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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Who Won? The Competition Between Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo
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The Philosopher Poet: Who Was Lucretius?
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Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
3 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
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A Trip To Butlin’s In 1982
‘Our true intent is all for your delight’… – Butlin’s holiday camp motto Photographer Barry...
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‘Our true intent is all for your delight’… – Butlin’s holiday camp motto Photographer Barry Lewis takes us on a holiday to Butlin’s Skegness in 1982. This was first ever Billy Butlin holiday camp. It opened at Skegness in 1936 – and still exists today. Lewis had worked for...
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
TheCollector
Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
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Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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How Frans Hals Revolutionized Dutch Portrait Painting
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
11 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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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...
4 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...
African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
a year ago
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
TheCollector
Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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The Eccentricities of Arthur Conan Doyle: Fairies, Apes, and Spiritualism
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
Dreams of Space -...
Start to Infinity (1978)
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian...
a year ago
A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
Shurlygin, Victor. СТАРТ В БЕСКОНЕЦНОСТЬ (Start to Infinity.) Leningrad: Children’s Literature Press. (158...
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How Romanticism Set the Stage for Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
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The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July
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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Technology indistinguishable from magic
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Our age of miracles: the medical breakthroughs of 2024
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
TheCollector
Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in...
2 months ago
In the early 1970s Henry Horenstein was taking photos of Speedway racers and fans at circuits in Seekonk, Massachusetts and Thompson, Connecticut. In 1972, women only raced each other, hair was grown out crewcuts slicked and draped, and TV-led big business had yet to move in....
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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The Father of Art History: Who Was Johann Joachim Winckelmann?
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Reports from the Festivals of Resistance / Day of the Forest Defender
January 18 is the Day of the Forest Defender, honoring the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who...
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January 18 is the Day of the Forest Defender, honoring the life of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán, who was murdered by Georgia State Troopers two years ago while protesting the construction of Cop City in Atlanta, and everyone else who has given their lives in the fight against those...
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The Anne of Cleves Louvre Portrait Got a Makeover
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Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
8 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
a year ago
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
What Is the History of the Guitar?
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History Today Feed
Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
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Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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Habsburg Prague, Capital of the Renaissance
JamesHoare
Fri, 12/20/2024 - 09:47
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
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Olaf Tryggvason: The Christian Viking’s Life & Death
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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10 Historic Towns in the US Where You’ll Travel Back in Time
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
5 months ago
On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Podcasts
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Coinage and the Tyranny of Fantasy ‘Gold’
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly...
2 weeks ago
This week on the blog I want to take a brief detour into discussing historical coinage, particularly in the context of modern fantasy and roleplaying settings. In particular, the notions I want to tackle are first how did ancient currency systems work in terms of value (what...
TheCollector
Top 5 Places to See the Northern Lights
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
3 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Words and Worlds: Does Language Shape Our Reality?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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What Is Mithraism? The Secretive Cult That Swept the Roman World
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10 Ancient Greek Sculptures You Must Know
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The Cyclops
A Misunderstood Monster?
a year ago
Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
a month ago
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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a year ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Open Culture
The Story of How Quentin Tarantino Became a Filmmaker and Created Pulp Fiction, as Told by Quentin...
For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the...
yesterday
For a film, explained a young Quentin Tarantino in one interview, “the real test of time isn’t the Friday that it opens. It’s how the film is thought of thirty years from now.” It just so happens that Pulp Fiction, which made Tarantino the most celebrated director in America...
Open Culture
Watch Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo and Gertie the Dinosaur, and Witness the Birth of Modern Animation...
“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have...
a week ago
“Considering that, in a cartoon, anything can happen that the mind can imagine, the comics have generally depicted pretty mundane worlds,” writes Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. “Sure, there have been talking animals, a few spaceships and whatnot, but the comics have...
History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
a year ago
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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How Did Christianity Conquer an Empire in 300 Years?
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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Flashbak
Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
12 months ago
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
TheCollector
Stolen Rubens Returns to Germany After 80 Years
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
2 months ago
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
TheCollector
Giacomo Casanova’s Legendary Swashbuckling Travels
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Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
11 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective.
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
over a year ago
Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
TheCollector
Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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History Today Feed
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
5 months ago
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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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:
TheCollector
What Is First Corinthians About?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
a year ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
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A history of the monastic high life
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
a month ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
Flashbak
New York City In Color – Garry Winogrand’s Street Shots
“I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed” – Gary Winogrand In Garry...
10 months ago
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CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
3 weeks ago
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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What Was Voltaire’s Philosophy?
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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A social history of the Lamu city-state (1370-1885)
Journal of African cities chapter 5
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Journal of African cities chapter 5
Flashbak
Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte...
8 months ago
Richard Teschner (1879 – 1948), a graphic designer, artist and artisan in the Wiener Werkstätte (Vienna Workshops), is best known for his puppetry, especially that inspired by Wayang (“shadow”), the classical Javanese puppet drama that uses the shadows thrown by puppets...
TheCollector
What Was the Halley Comet Panic of 1910?
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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History Today Feed
The Prophecies of Merlin
The Prophecies of Merlin
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
9 months ago
The Prophecies of Merlin
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Mon, 04/22/2024 - 11:22
TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
10 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
11 months ago
On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
7 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Forgotten US Presidents
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Open Culture
Explore the Newly-Launched Public Domain Image Archive with 10,000+ Free Historical Images
We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various...
a week ago
We’ve often featured the work of the Public Domain Review here on Open Culture, and also various searchable copyright-free image databases that have arisen over the years. It makes sense that those two worlds would collide, and now they’ve done so in the form of the just-launched...
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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The Skeletons of Shanidar Cave: What Can They Tell Us About the Past?
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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Symbolism & Identity in Elizabeth I’s Portraits: Decoding the Queen
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Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
2 weeks ago
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the first (and so far only) cat to enter space. It did not end well for the cat. In the aftermath of the Second World War, France, under the leadership of General Charles De Gaulle, was...
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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America Rising: The Arts of the Gilded Age (Video)
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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10 Must-See Historic Sites in Texas
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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Remedios Varo: The Surrealist Artist in 7 Works and 7 Facts
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FBI Returns Nazi-Looted Monet to Jewish Collector’s Heirs
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month 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
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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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...
over a year ago
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...
Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
2 months ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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What Was the Gospel of Thomas?
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Garnet
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New Study Reveals Fresh Insight Into Mayan Sacrifices
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Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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Trying to Understand...
When Ukraine Is Over ...
How will they turn out the lights?
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How will they turn out the lights?
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
2 months ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
3 months ago
The Kingdom of Sicily is Born
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/27/2024 - 09:49
Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
8 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
3 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
History Today Feed
Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
2 months ago
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Classical Wisdom
Art of the Etruscans
Romans before the Romans
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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What Is the Main Rule of Life Taught by Kant’s Philosophy?
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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Why Is Caligula’s Relationship with the Senate Controversial?
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
9 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See English Castles
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Open Culture
Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” &...
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as...
2 weeks ago
In the video above, Laurie Anderson describes C. P. Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” as being “set in ancient Rome.” That’s a reasonable interpretation, given that it contains an emperor, senators, and orators, though Cavafy himself said that none of them are...
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
a month ago
China’s Communist Comic Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
2 months ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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Global Inequality...
2x2 geopolitics
Wars and ideology simplified
6 months ago
Wars and ideology simplified
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
a year ago
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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Classical Wisdom
Aristotle on Luck
Do You Feel Lucky?
a year ago
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
a month ago
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
2 months ago
The Women’s War Breaks Out
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
African History...
A complete history of the Sudano-Sahelian architecture of west Africa: from antiquity to the 20th...
The westernmost region of Africa which forms the watershed of the great rivers of the Senegal, the...
a week ago
The westernmost region of Africa which forms the watershed of the great rivers of the Senegal, the Volta and the Niger, is home to one of the world's oldest surviving building traditions, called the ‘Sudano-Sahelian’ architecture.
TheCollector
10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Flashbak
Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
TheCollector
The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
3 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Classical Wisdom
What Makes a Hero a HERO?
Both in the ancient world... and today?
a year ago
Both in the ancient world... and today?
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 weeks ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
TheCollector
Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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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...
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
a year ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
TheCollector
Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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What Was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
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End of an Era: Why Did the Beatles Break Up?
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
7 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
a year ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Global Inequality...
Would Lenin have approved of the IMF?
An indispensable organization
2 months ago
An indispensable organization
TheCollector
Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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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.
TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ia: Heirs of Alexander
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
a year ago
This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of Hellenistic warfare and the triumph of the Roman legion. Our core question is a really common one: why was the Roman legion able to decisively defeat the Hellenistic...
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How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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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’...
4 months ago
‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 08:00
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
3 months ago
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Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Umberto Boccioni: 11 Facts About the Italian Futurist
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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When Was the First U.S. Presidential Election?
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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Mary Magdalene Portrait Attributed to Raphael on View in France
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9 months ago
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