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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Golden Age of Latin Literature
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Largest UK Holbein Exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery
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How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Beer Can Art Accidentally Trashed at Dutch Museum
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Classical Wisdom
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Tolkien and Plato
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Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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Fascism vs. Modernism: Clash in Art & Design
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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9 Provocative Artworks by Maurizio Cattelan
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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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.
TheCollector
Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Res Obscura
The (history of) spice must flow
Why the spice trade is even more important for world history than you might have thought
10 months ago
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TheCollector
Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Flashbak
William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place”...
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“We are the cats inside. We are the cats who cannot walk alone, and for us there is only one place” – William S. Burroughs It wasn’t all writing, drug taking, walks among the mysteries, cut ups, fomenting revolution, guns and launching assaults on Soho coffee bars in a typical...
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Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
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Quechua: A Dead Language? Not at All
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5 Novels by Charles Bukowski You Should Know
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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Emperor Nero’s “Golden House”: What Was the Domus Aurea?
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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...
a week ago
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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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
6 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
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The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
TheCollector
4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Dear Dead Heads: Vintage Skull Postcards
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve...
10 months ago
Ever since we happened upon L’amour de Pierrot (above), an anonymous artwork made in 1905, we’ve been on the look out for more of these type of memento mori optical illusions. And now we’ve an entire set of skull postcards – many of which are available as postcards in the shop. ...
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
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Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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Events Schedule
*Time Correction for Wednesday
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*Time Correction for Wednesday
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Why Did Ukraine Make Stamps of Banksy’s Art?
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
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‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
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New Hampshire’s Art Museum to Permanently Close
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Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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History Today Feed
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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Wed, 09/04/2024 - 09:04
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...
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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Why Do People Give Gifts at Christmas?
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5 Most Beautiful Greek Islands You Should Visit
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Trying to Understand...
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Is more complicated than you might think.
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in Upstate New York Worth Exploring
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Wrong Side of...
American polarisation
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The menace of bipartisanship has been defeated
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Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
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The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Italian Government Bans Loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art
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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...
a year ago
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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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
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Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, re-wrote documentation, redesigned the UX for...
Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
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Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman...
a year ago
This is the second of our planned five-part look (I) at the nature and structure of the Roman Republic, particularly the governing institutions of the Middle Republic, the period of the republic’s height from c. 287-100 BC. Last time we discussed the component parts and nature of...
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Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
4 months ago
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
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The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
Classical Wisdom
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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Classical Wisdom
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Love and Death
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Dreams of Space -...
The Boy Who Discovered the Earth (1955)
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a...
3 months ago
Continuing with a bit of a flying saucer theme today is The Boy Who Discovered The Earth. It is a pleasant science fiction novel for kids about an alien boy who is left behind on Earth. He makes friends with the locals and learns about dogs, baseball, and the life of children on...
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What Did Francis Bacon Mean by “Knowledge Is Power”?
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook (1965) began life as cookery strips (aka ‘cookstrips’) when Leighton was a student at London’s Royal Academy and St Martin’s art school, and living with classmate Bob Hyde. Aimed at “an audience of men unskilled at knowing their way around the...
TheCollector
‘Ain Ghazal: One of the Oldest Places in Human Civilization
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Venice Plan for Damaged Banksy Mural Concerns Locals
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E....
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There’s a weird vibe running through this album of Christmas images. Harvested from Robert E. Jackson’s phenomenal collection of snapshots we see all kinds of unusual goings on. One Christmas card features a photo of the sender covered in rats; on another a man canoodles a...
History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
TheCollector
Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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History Today Feed
In Defence of Boring Books
In Defence of Boring Books
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Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
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In Defence of Boring Books
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/04/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a...
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Claudius: The Roman Emperor Who Became a Pumpkin
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures....
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Mike Mandel (previously) took this series of selfies in 1971 for the project Myself: Time Exposures. Influenced by Jacques Henri Lartigue, Lee Friedlander and Marcel Duchamp’s work on the conceptual frame, the fun pictures invite us to question what we see and our place in the...
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What Was Operation Ichi-Go?
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May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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African History...
a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
7 months ago
the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
TheCollector
Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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How Did Henri Matisse’s Travels Influence His Art?
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
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Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 29, 2023 (Year In Review)
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but...
11 months ago
Hey folks! I had planned to do a Fireside for this week with a sort of ‘year-in-review’ musing, but between the holidays and the whole pedant household coming down with a nasty cold, I’m a bit short of the time and energy to put together a full fireside with...
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
8 months ago
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
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6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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History Today Feed
The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of Asia
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
a year ago
plus; the African presence in Japan (1543-1639)
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
a year ago
Augustus and Ancient Religion
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
St. Nick and Saturnalia
3 hours ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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9 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
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Battle of Thebes: How Alexander the Great Destroyed the Great City
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
4 months ago
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Origins of Stoicism
5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Caligula's Forgotten Legacy
The Nemi Ships
a year ago
TheCollector
Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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a month ago
TheCollector
Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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a month ago
TheCollector
The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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a year ago
TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
10 Must-Read Magical Realist Novels
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a year ago
TheCollector
Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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a year ago
TheCollector
Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Happen?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Magritte Sets $121 Million Auction Record
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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a year ago
TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Is Subjective Equal to Objective?
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the...
a year ago
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader, I remember the day vividly. I had moved to Moscow unwisely in the middle of winter, and finally, around four months later, the first real spring day had arrived. The sun bore her rays magnificently, forcing the city’s residents into an ant-like...
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
TheCollector
4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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a week ago
Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
TheCollector
Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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a month ago
TheCollector
9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
TheCollector
Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Auctioned for $6 Million
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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5 months ago
TheCollector
The Kherson Art Museum Identified Pieces Looted by Russia
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8 months ago
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...
a year ago
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...
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
TheCollector
5 Places Where You Can Enjoy Art in New York City for Free
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
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...
8 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...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Cold War & the Rise of Superpowers: US Elections in a Divided World (1945-91)
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tolkien and the Classics
Plato, Cicero... Bilbo?
a year ago
TheCollector
6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
History Today Feed
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
7 months ago
‘Catland’ by Kathryn Hughes review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:54
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
TheCollector
The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the History of Gin?
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9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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a year ago
TheCollector
How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Less than ONE Week Left
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
2 months ago
In Search of Homer Trip Opening
TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
Classical Wisdom
Ovid's Dating Advice
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
10 months ago
Love Lessons from a Roman Poet
TheCollector
10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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8 months ago
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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11 months ago
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.
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post...
a month ago
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of...
TheCollector
Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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3 months ago
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Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Trekkie Who Convinced Nichelle Nichols To Stay On The Show
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther...
11 months ago
Actress Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) once recalled how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) convinced her to remain on Star Trek after she had decided to leave the series for a starring role on Broadway. In 1966, Star Trek creator...
Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
a month ago
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
TheCollector
Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
a year ago
Watch now (60 min) | Cult of the Capture Bride: How Ancient Women Took Power
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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a year ago
TheCollector
The FBI Repatriates Looted Japan Artifacts
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9 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
7 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did the Pyramid of Giza Become an Ancient Wonder?
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a year ago
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The Birth of Ovid
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
9 months ago
The Birth of Ovid
JamesHoare
Sun, 03/24/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
4 months ago
Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:14
TheCollector
What Is Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Did Jesus Live in India?
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2 months ago
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9 Historical Places to Visit in Dorset
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4 months ago
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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2 months ago
TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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2 months ago
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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a year ago
TheCollector
8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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2 months ago
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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7 months ago
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
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4 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
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