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Where to Stay While in Search of Homer?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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How Did People React to Hitler’s Death & Germany’s Surrender?
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
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On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
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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...
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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Sufism in South and South East Asia
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8 Most Divisive President Elections in US History
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The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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What Is the Role of Dance in Hindu Spirituality? (Dances & Gods)
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Death in the Bible: Two Contradictory Views
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Three Rubens Paintings to Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules
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The Great Papal Schism: Two Christian Leaders Against Each Other
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Who Was Oscar Wilde?
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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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...
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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...
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Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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Aristotle’s Poetics: A Brief Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
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“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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Indiana University’s Plan for Selling Art to Fund Dorm Renovations
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Classical Wisdom
How to Deal with Change: Advice from the Stoics
Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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Everything changes and nothing stands still.
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What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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10 Presidential Elections That Shaped the US Forever
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta
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“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plutarch and Pleasure
a year ago
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St. Nicholas
The Saint behind Santa
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History Today Feed
Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
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Northern Ireland’s Sex Scandal that Wasn’t
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Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:17
Flashbak
1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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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: \
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AND October 1, 2012...
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
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We might not be in this mess.
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Trying to Understand...
They Say They Want Rearmament ....
We-ell, you know ....
a year ago
African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Who Were the Landsknechts?
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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?
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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History Today Feed
‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
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‘The Emperor and the Elephant’ by Sam Ottewill-Soulsby review
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Tue, 04/30/2024 - 10:04
TheCollector
What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Dreams of Space -...
The Conquest of Space (1962?)
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a...
a year ago
I last blogged about this book in 2015 so it is time for a revisit. I got a second copy that has a couple of things I had not seen before. The Conquest of Space is a 1962 (?) Australian stamp album. It is intended for children to collect paper stamps they get in Nestle chocolate...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIa: Pops and Chains
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the second part of our three part look at Paradox Interactive’s Hellenistic-era grand strategy game Imperator: Rome. I had hoped to do this part in a single post, but my book writing schedule intervened and so it became necessary to split it up. Last...
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
History Today Feed
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
9 months ago
‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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London Continues to Dominate the European Art Market
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How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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How Did Socrates’s Teaching Inspire Cynicism?
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The 5 Most Influential Modern Political Philosophers
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Dreams of Space -...
New Treasury for Young Readers (1963)
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one...
10 months ago
More or less a "housekeeping" post today. I wanted to scan this book after finding the other one just for balance. Some fine illustration is a lost bit of space flight for children.
New Treasury for Young Readers. Reader’s Digest. Pleasantville, NY. Reader’s Digest Association....
History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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
Adelie, added image maps, animation controls, and wrote a guide....
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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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...
Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
a year ago
Journey Into the Labyrinth
weird medieval guys
Why did medieval people invent so many collective nouns?
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
a year ago
A pride of lions, a paddling of ducks, and....a herd of harlots?
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s...
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“Good Thomas brought Christmas and bad Nuutti took it away” – Finnish saying On January 13, it’s Saint Knut’s day in Finland, which usually marks the end of the Christmas season. And the Nuuttipukki is at your door. The strange, goat-like creature is a thirsty man dressed in...
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Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what...
5 months ago
On the pervasiveness of residual confounding in the social sciences, how to think about it, and what to do
Trying to Understand...
Into the Waste Land
Nothing connects.
a year ago
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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Presidential Impeachment: An Effective Check on Executive Power?
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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5 Autobiographical Paintings by Frida Kahlo
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
Flashbak
Music of the Squares David Ramsay Hay and the Reinvention of Pythagorean Aesthetics
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it...
3 weeks ago
Understanding the same laws to apply to both visual and aural beauty, David Ramsay Hay thought it possible not only to analyse such visual wonders as the Parthenon in terms of music theory, but also to identify their corresponding musical harmonies and melodies, writes Carmel...
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
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King Tut: The Life & Afterlife of the Boy Pharaoh
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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The History of Porto & 21 Amazing Historic Sites You Should Visit
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Winners of the Black and White Photo Awards 2024
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and...
2 months ago
What is it about black and white pictures that makes people look better? Is is because black and white hints and pulls you in whereas colour can distract and reflect? LensCulture magazine celebrates black and white photography with is 2024 Black and White awards. “The enduring...
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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How Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Conduct Banking?
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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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Cardinal Wolsey: A Life In 9 Artworks
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Paul Feyerabend: How Should Science Ideally Be?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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Elizabeth Anderson: What is the Point of Equality?
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How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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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...
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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Trying to Understand...
War Is Complicated.
And not just the fighting bit.
a year ago
And not just the fighting bit.
History Today Feed
The Death of Einhard the Historian
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
The Death of Einhard the Historian
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:28
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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Classical Wisdom
Beyond Stoicism
New Event: January 7th, 2025
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New Event: January 7th, 2025
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
Why Do Religions Decline?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:06
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Shipwreck Discovered Near Canada
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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Highway Dig Uncovers Prehistoric Monument in Czech Republic
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part II: Romans, Assemble!
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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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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Flashbak
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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 …...
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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A Travel Guide to Pompeii: Visiting the City in One Day
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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A Collection of...
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This week on the blog we are starting what is a planned four-part series looking at the twilight of...
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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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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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History Today Feed
Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow Silly Laws?
And what happens when we don’t?
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And what happens when we don’t?
Trying to Understand...
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
8 Unmissable UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
TheCollector
5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
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This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
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So a large change for today, instead of Outer Space books we are going to Inner Space with Undersea Base. I have blogged about Mae Freeman's book Space Base (1974) several times. In it she showed children visiting a space station in the future. I recently found she had also...
TheCollector
Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
TheCollector
Where Is Alexander the Great Buried?
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TheCollector
A History of the United States Senate
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Wrong Side of...
Educated rage
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
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Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
j.hoare
Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
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New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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American Tourist Smashed Roman Artifacts at the Israel Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
The Unification of England & the Death of the Kingdom of Mercia
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The 13+1 Best Books Of His Philosophical Career
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of March. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, lots of progress on Uxn, started documenting the assembly...
TheCollector
How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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History Today Feed
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
‘The World at War’ and the Holocaust at 50
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Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
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JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:43
TheCollector
The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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Classical Wisdom
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Anger & Sadness: How Do Stoics Handle These Emotions?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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History Today Feed
‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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JamesHoare
Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
TheCollector
7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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TheCollector
How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
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Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
TheCollector
7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
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'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
Typhoid Mary: A Trail of Scandal & Death
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Augustus and Ancient Religion
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Augustus and Ancient Religion
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Who Won the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
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TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
In the Shallows Of The Deep State.
But is there anything there?
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But is there anything there?
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
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Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
TheCollector
Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Trying to Understand...
The Machine Stops.
And fiddling won't fix it.
3 months ago
And fiddling won't fix it.
TheCollector
What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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History Today Feed
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:32
TheCollector
The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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What Is the Philosophy of Cynicism?
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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TheCollector Interviews Artist Inna Levinson: From Paint to Pixels
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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A Jane Austen Statue to Turn Winchester Church Into ‘Disneyland’?
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, August 4, 2023
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done...
a year ago
Hey all, Fireside this week, as I look to take a bit of time to focus on getting some writing done and some syllabi written before the semester begins in earnest later this week. Also before we dive in I want to note that it appears that Patreon has been having some trouble...
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